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The role of captive propagation in preserving endangered species

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Authors
J. W. Carpenter, S.R. Derrickson

The role of observer bias in the North American Breeding Bird Survey

Ornithologists sampling breeding bird populations are subject to a number of biases in bird recognition and identification. Using Breeding Bird Survey data, these biases are examined qualitatively and quantitatively, and their effects on counts are evaluated. Differences in hearing ability and degree of expertise are the major observer biases considered. Other, more subtle influences are also di
Authors
C. A. Faanes, D. Bystrak

The whooping crane

No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Erickson, S.R. Derrickson

Theoretical Wenner and Schlumberger vertical electrical soundings

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Authors
David V. Haines, D. L. Campbell

Vulnerability of young lake trout to predation after chronic exposure to PCB's and DDE

The vulnerability of fry of Lake Michigan lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) to predation by rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) was tested after the fry had been exposed to PCB's, DDE, and a combination of these contaminants in both water and food at concentrations corresponding to ambient levels (1X) in water and plankton in Lake Michigan and at levels 5 and 25 times higher. Vulnerability of the fry,
Authors
Michael J. Mac

Biostratigraphy of the Tertiary strata of the core

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Authors
T. G. Gibson, George W. Andrews, Laurel M. Bybell, R. J. Witmer, D. S. Van Nieuwenhuise

Bibliography: Solar stimulated luminescence and related topics

The purpose of the Workshop on Luminescence Techniques was threefold: (1) to review the state-of-the-art capabilities of luminescence methods, (2) to consider a variety of concepts for the development of future luminescence sensor systems, and (3) to discuss appropriate research and development strategies for advancing the current state-of-the-art.

Surficial deposits, weathering processes, and evolution of an inner Coastal Plain landscape, Augusta, Georgia

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Authors
Wayne L. Newell, Milan J. Pavich, David C. Prowell, Helaine W. Markewich, Thorton L. Neathery, Robert W. Frey

Basin development along the Late Mesozoic and Cainozoic California Margin: A plate tectonic margin of subduction, oblique subduction and transform tectonics

Along the Californian margin of the North American plate, the configuration and structural stability of late Mesozoic and Cainozoic basins are related to plate kinematics. Three tectonic regimes are recorded; orthogonal high-angle subduction, oblique low-angle subduction, and transform slip. During the first, regionally extensive forearc basins developed; during the second and third, borderland se
Authors
David G. Howell, James K. Crouch, H. G. Greene, David S. McCulloch, J.G. Vedder