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Radio-telemeteric studies of movements in desert bighorn sheep, Joshua Tree National Monument Radio-telemeteric studies of movements in desert bighorn sheep, Joshua Tree National Monument
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C. L. Douglas, L. White
Reintroduction techniques for masked bobwhites Reintroduction techniques for masked bobwhites
No abstract available.
Authors
D. H. Ellis, S.J. Dobrott, J.G. Goodwin
Status of the peregrine falcon in the Rocky Mountains and the southwestern United States, Baja California, and Mexico (south of Texas) Status of the peregrine falcon in the Rocky Mountains and the southwestern United States, Baja California, and Mexico (south of Texas)
About 31 pairs of peregrines still nest north of Mexico, from Idaho and Montana south through West Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. At least thirty-six additional pairs nest in Mexico. Although the nesting sites are occupied, the tissues of the peregrine?s prey species still contain high concentrations of pesticides. The eggs in some Rocky Mountain eyries have shells which are precariously...
Authors
Ron Porter, G.R. Craig, D. H. Ellis, J.H. Enderson, W.G. Hunt
Status undetermined: Black rail Status undetermined: Black rail
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Authors
P.W. Sykes
Supplemental feeding of California condors Supplemental feeding of California condors
No abstract available.
Authors
S.R. Wilbur
The need to set up a national programme for control of fish diseases in the United States The need to set up a national programme for control of fish diseases in the United States
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F. P. Meyer
The peregrine falcon and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The peregrine falcon and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
No abstract available.
Authors
S.R. Wilbur
Wildlife and electric power transmission Wildlife and electric power transmission
Hundreds of thousands of miles of transmission lines have been introduced into our natural environment. These lines and their corridors can be damaging or beneficial to wildlife communities depending on how they are designed, where they are placed, and when they are constructed and maintained. With the current trend toward UHV systems, new problems (associated with additional increments...
Authors
D. H. Ellis, J.G. Goodwin, J.R. Hunt