Publications
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Book review: Diseases in free living wild animals Book review: Diseases in free living wild animals
No abstract available.
Authors
R. M. Kocan
Birds imported into the United States in 1968 Birds imported into the United States in 1968
No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Banks
Common marsh plants of the United States and Canada Common marsh plants of the United States and Canada
This is the fourth of a series of publications on field identification of North American marsh and water plants. It describes the emergent and semiemergent plants most likely to be found in inland and coastal marshes. It omits hundreds of uncommon marsh plants and plants less characteristic of marshes than of marsh edges, lake and stream shores, or wet meadows. The first of the series,...
Authors
Neil Hotchkiss
Organochlorine residues and autopsy data from bald eagles 1966-68 Organochlorine residues and autopsy data from bald eagles 1966-68
Sixty-nine bald eagles found moribund or dead in 25 States during 1966-68 were analyzed for pesticide residues. Residues of polychlorinated biphenyls and DDE were detected in all samples of eagle carcasses; residues of dieldrin were detected in 68 and residues of DDD in 64; DDT, heptachlor epoxide, and DCBP were detected less frequently. Eight specimens had levels of dieldrin in the...
Authors
B.M. Mulhern, W. L. Reichel, L. N. Locke, T. G. Lamont, A. A. Belisle, E. Cromartie, George E. Bagley, R. M. Prouty
Whistling swans breeding on the northwest coast of New Quebec Whistling swans breeding on the northwest coast of New Quebec
No abstract available.
Authors
J.D. Heyland, E.B. Chamberlain, C.F. Kimball, D.H. Baldwin
Paratyphoid in a barn owl Paratyphoid in a barn owl
No abstract available.
Authors
L. N. Locke, J.A. Newman
Bird records from southern Nevada Bird records from southern Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Banks, C.G. Hansen
Oological data on egg and breeding characteristics of brown pelicans Oological data on egg and breeding characteristics of brown pelicans
Mean clutch size in 236 sets of North American Brown Pelican eggs was 2.95 and did not vary geographically between North American populations. Shell weight varied from 8.05 g to 10.99 g along a geographic continuum. Shell thickness averaged 0.510 mm for P&cams occidentalis occidentalis, 0.5544557 mm for P. IJ. carolinensis, and 0.569- 0.579 mm for P. o. cdifornicus. The ranges of...
Authors
D. W. Anderson, J.J. Hickey
Surfactants as blackbird stressing agents Surfactants as blackbird stressing agents
Applications of wetting-agent solutions produce mortality in birds. The exact cause of death is undetermined but it is believed that destruction of the insulating qualities of the plumage permits ambient cold temperatures and evaporation to lower the body temperature to a lethal level. The original concept of using these materials as bird-control tools was developed in 1958 at the...
Authors
P.W. Lefebvre, J.L. Seubert
The thin eggshell problem The thin eggshell problem
It has long been known that DDT and related chemicals can impair the reproduction of birds. In early years of organochlorine pesticide use, widespread mortality occurred immediately following heavy applications of these chemicals, and survivors contained substantial amounts of toxicant in their tissues. Repopulation from untreated areas tended to conceal the extent of the effects. DDT...
Authors
L.F. Stickel, L.I. Rhodes
Recoveries of royal terns banded in the Carolinas Recoveries of royal terns banded in the Carolinas
No abstract available.
Authors
W.T. Van Velzen