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Muskrats Muskrats

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Authors
J. Erb, H.R. Perry

Nontarget bird exposure to DRC-1339 during fall in North Dakota and spring in South Dakota Nontarget bird exposure to DRC-1339 during fall in North Dakota and spring in South Dakota

Blackbirds frequently use ripening sunflower (Heltantbus annuus) as a food source in the northern Great Plains. In 1999 and 2000, the avicide DRC-1339 (3-chloro-4-methylaniline hydrochloride) was used experimentally on fall-ripening sunflower fields in North Dakota so researchers could evaluate its effectiveness for reducing crop depredations by blackbirds. DRC-1339 was applied to rice...
Authors
Thomas W. Custer, Christine M. Custer, Paul M. Dummer, George M. Linz, Louis Sileo, Randal S. Stahl, John J. Johnston

Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Nutria (Myocastor coypus)

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Authors
Dixie L. Bounds, Mark H. Sherfy, Theodore A. Mollett

Olmos coal, Maverick Basin, south Texas: From prospect to production Olmos coal, Maverick Basin, south Texas: From prospect to production

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Authors
C.E. Barker, Peter D. Warwick, Matt Gose, R.J. Scott

Opossum Opossum

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Authors
Afred L. Gardner

Petroleum and individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Petroleum and individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

A general treatment of petroleum and PAHs including presentations on composition and characteristics, sources, environmental fate, and effects on plants, invertebrates, fish, reptiles and amphibians, birds, and mammals. A revision of the 1995 book chapter of the same title.
Authors
Peter H. Albers

Physical habitat and its alteration: A common ground for exposure of amphibians to environmental stressors Physical habitat and its alteration: A common ground for exposure of amphibians to environmental stressors

Amphibians as a class of vertebrates have persisted for hundreds of millions of years (Stebbins and Cohen 1995), but they are currently threatened by a variety of stressors, many resulting from human-related alterations of the environment. Most species of amphibians live closely associated with moist environments throughout their life and have evolved specialized adaptations that...
Authors
Christine A. Bishop, David C. Cunnington, Gary M. Fellers, James P. Gibbs, Bruce D. Pauli, Betsie B. Rothermel
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