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SAMPLE ABSTRACT

Green, M. Clay¹, Ballard, Bart M.² 

¹Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666 USA; ²Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas 78363 USA

Email: claygreen@txstate.edu

A decade of Reddish Egret research: looking back and moving forward

In 2006, the US Fish and Wildlife Service published a species status report for the Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens), the first status review of the species in 15 years. From that report, it was evident that knowledge gaps on the ecology and limiting factors of the species remained. Since 2006, we have . . . .