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Movements of translocated wolves in Minnesota

No abstract available.
Authors
S. H. Fritts, W. J. Paul, L. D. Mech
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Oil and gas potential of island arcs in the Southwest Pacific: a new frontier

No abstract available
Authors
H. G. Greene, D.W. Scholl, J.G. Vedder, F. L. Wong

Organochlorine pollutants in plasma of spring migrant peregrine falcons from coastal Texas, 1984

No abstract available.
Authors
C. J. Henny, K.E. Riddle, C.S. Hulse
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Organochlorines in Alaskan peregrine falcon eggs and their current impact on productivity

No abstract available.
Authors
Robert E. Ambrose, C. J. Henny, R. E. Hunter, J.A. Crawford
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Ornitologia. Preliminary Field Report

No abstract available.
Authors
M.S. Foster
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Osprey, Pandion haliaetus

No abstract available.
Authors
C. J. Henny
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Overview of nongame bird research activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

No abstract available.
Authors
R.M. Erwin
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Overview of nongame bird survey techniques

No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Peregrine falcon

Since 1975, 101 peregrine falcon breeding sites have been documented in Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. Eyries were found in either riverine or montane canyons, habitats which supported dense and diverse avian prey and provided structural characteristics that may increase prey vulnerability. Approximately 85% of the sites visited each year were occupied. Egg-laying (mid-February to mid-Ma
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R.W. Skaggs, D. H. Ellis, W.G. Hunt, T.H. Johnson
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Persistent toxic substances and the health of fish communities in the Great Lakes

The role, if any, of toxic substances in bringing about changes in the productivity and status of fishery resources, is not well understood. At the 'Workshops on Persistent Toxic Substances and the Health of the Aquatic Community,' the Fish Biota Discussion Subgroup considered the issue of toxic substances by responding to the three questions addressed to it by the Workshop Organizing Committee a
Authors
Wayne A. Willford
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Phrynosoma cerroense

No abstract available at this time
Authors
M.R. Jennings
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

Phrynosoma coronatum

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Authors
M.R. Jennings
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)