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Blackbird Acknowledgments

Last Updated: February 15, 2008

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Bibliography and Print Resources

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).
The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).

Bent, A. C. 1965. Life histories of North American blackbirds, orioles, tanagers, and allies. Dover Publ., Inc., New York. 549 pp. and 37 plates.

Besser, J. F. 1978. Birds and sunflowers. Pages 263-278 in J. F. Carter, ed. Sunflower science and technology. Amer. Soc. Agron., Crop Sci. of Amer., Soil Sci. Soc. of Amer., Inc., Madison, Wisconsin.

Dolbeer, R. A. 1981. Cost-benefit determination of blackbird damage control for cornfields. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 9:43-50.

Dolbeer, R. A. 1990. Ornithology and integrated pest management: the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Ibis 132:309-322.

Robbins, C. S., B. Bruun, and H. S. Zim. 1983. Birds of North America: a guide to field identification. Golden Press, New York. 360 pp.

White, S. B., R. A. Dolbeer, and T. A. Bookhout. 1985. Ecology, bioenergetics, and agricultural impact of a winter-roosting population of blackbirds and starlings. Wildl. Monogr. 93. 42 pp.

Wilson, E. A., E. A. LeBoeuf, K. M. Weaver, and D. J. LeBlanc. 1989. Delayed seeding for reducing blackbird damage to sprouting rice in southwestern Louisiana. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 17:165-171.

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Figures 1 through 3 by Emily Oseas Routman.

Figures 4, 5, and 6 by the author.


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