Birds of Rice Fields in the Americas

@inproceedings{Acosta2010BirdsOR,  title={Birds of Rice Fields in the Americas},  author={Mart{\'i}n Acosta and Lourdes Mugica and Daniel E. Blanco and Bernab{\'e} L{\'o}pez-Lan{\'u}s and Rafael Antunes Dias and Lester Doodnath and Johanna Hurtado},  year={2010},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:85816253}}
Waterbird and landbird use of rice paddies in the Americas was evaluated and geographically proximate countries were most similar in the composition of bird species using their paddies.

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