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The status of vultures in Europe

No abstract available.
Authors
S.R. Wilbur

Use of IPA to demonstrate loss of forest interior birds from isolated woodlots

'Empleo de indices puntuales de abundancia (IPA) para demostrar la perdida de aves forestales en bosques aislados'. En Maryland, E.U., se seleccionaron bloques boscosos de diferente superficie, divididos en seis clase de tamano (2,8-6 ha, 7-14, 20-30, 34-80, 105-1300, mayores de 4000 ha). En estas ?islas' forestales fue programado un conjunto de muestreos puntuales con estas caracteristicas: 1)
Authors
C.S. Robbins, D.D. Boone

Various Costa Rican species accounts

No abstract available at this time
Authors
N.J. Scott

Manganese-phosphorite deposits of the Blake Plateau (Western North-Atlantic Ocean)

No abstract available.
Authors
Frank T. Manheim, P. Popenoe, William Siapno, C. Lane

A stratigraphic framework for Cretaceous and Paleogene margins along the South Carolina and Georgia coastal sediments

No abstract available.
Authors
Gregory Gohn, Laurel M. Bybell, Raymond A. Christopher, James P. Owens, Charles C. Smith

Geologic factors that control mineral matter in coal

Elements other than organically derived and bound C, H, N, O, and S constitute mineral matter in coal. Mineral matter may consist of discrete minerals such as calcite, quartz, clays, and pyrite, and/or organic compounds that contain organically bonded elements such as Ca and CI. Processes that may affect the association and content of mineral matter are operable from the initial peat-forming stage
Authors
C. B. Cecil, R.W. Stanton, F.T. Dulong, J.J. Renton