Publications
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Incorrect inferences regarding the effects of hunting on survival rates of American black ducks Incorrect inferences regarding the effects of hunting on survival rates of American black ducks
No abstract available.
Authors
M.J. Conroy, D.G. Krementz
Association between PCBs and lower embryonic weight in black-crowned night herons in San Francisco Bay Association between PCBs and lower embryonic weight in black-crowned night herons in San Francisco Bay
Reproductive problems, including congenital malformations, reduced hatching success, and decreased survival of hatchlings, have been observed in colonial-nesting water birds at the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (SFBNWR). Twenty-four black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) eggs were collected from SFBNWR in 1983. Twelve of these were collected from separate nests...
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D. J. Hoffman, Barnett A. Rattner, C.M. Bunck, A. J. Krynitsky, H. M. Ohlendorf, Roy W. Lowe
Forest bird communities of the Hawaiian Islands: Their dynamics, ecology, and conservation Forest bird communities of the Hawaiian Islands: Their dynamics, ecology, and conservation
No abstract available.
Authors
J. M. Scott, Stephen Mountainspring, F. L. Ramsey, C. B. Kepler
Subspecies of the greater scaup and their names Subspecies of the greater scaup and their names
The name Fuligula mariloides Vigors, presently used by many authors for a subspecies of the Greater Scaup, Aythya marila, was originally proposed for the Lesser Scaup, A. afinis, and may not be used in combination with the name marila. The name mariloides has been applied to a population of Greater Scaup in Kamchatka and the Commander Islands, supposedly distinguished by small size and...
Authors
Richard C. Banks
The eighty-sixth Christmas bird count. 457. Ocean City, MD The eighty-sixth Christmas bird count. 457. Ocean City, MD
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
The eighty-sixth Christmas bird count. Georgia, Florida The eighty-sixth Christmas bird count. Georgia, Florida
No abstract available.
Authors
P.W. Sykes
A summary of alcid records from Hawaii A summary of alcid records from Hawaii
Abstract.-Four species of alcids have now been recorded frorn Hawaii. Two of them, the Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata and the Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramchus aleuticus) have been found only once; the occurrence of the latter is reported here for the first time. two other alcids, the Horned Puffin (Fratercula arctica) and the Parakeet .Auklet (Cyclorrhynchus psittacula) have been...
Authors
R. B. Clapp
Genetic management of captive masked bobwhites Genetic management of captive masked bobwhites
No abstract available.
Authors
R. R. Gabel
California condor recovery program California condor recovery program
No abstract available.
Authors
N.F.R. Snyder
Mercury, selenium, cadmium and organochlorines in eggs of three Hawaiian seabird species Mercury, selenium, cadmium and organochlorines in eggs of three Hawaiian seabird species
Eggs of three representative species of seabirds (wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus; red-footed booby Sula sula; and sooty tern Sterna fuscata) were collected in 1980 to determined differences in heavy metal, Se, and organochlorine residues among species nesting in the Hawaiian Archipelago and among the four nesting sites sampled (Oahu, French Frigate Shoals, Laysan, and Midway)...
Authors
H. M. Ohlendorf, S. Harrison