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Cattau, Christopher, Robert J. Fletcher, Jr., Rebecca T. Kimball, Christine W. Miller and Wiley M. Kitchens, “Rapid morphological change of a top predator with the invasion of a novel prey,” Nature, Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 2, pp. 108-115 (2018).

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Darby, Philip C., Robert E. Bennetts, Steven J. Miller and H. Franklin Percival, "Movements of Florida Apple Snails in Relation to Water Levels and Drying Events,"  Wetlands, Volume 22, No. 23 (September 2002). pp 489-498.  Print.  Retrieved from Web June 13, 2018 at <http://cescos.fau.edu/gawliklab/papers/DarbyPC-etal2002.pdf>

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Fletcher, Robert, Christopher Cattau, Rebecca Wilcox, Christa Zweig, Brian Jeffery, Ellen Robertson, Brian Reichert and Wiley Kitchens, “Snail Kite Demography Annual Progress Report" (March 2014) .  U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Branch.  Print.  Retrieved from Web June 14, 2018, at < https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1616/ML16167A512.pdf>

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Pias, Kyle E., Robert J. Fletcher and Wiley M. Kitchens, “Assessing the Value of Novel Habitats to Snail Kites through Foraging Behavior and Nest Survival,” Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, Issue 7(2), September 6, 2016.  Retrieved from Web June 6, 2018.  

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