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The effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on aquatic birds

No abstract available.
Authors
M. P. Dieter
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator Richardson

No abstract available.
Authors
W.E. Banko, A.W. Schorger
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Whooping crane studies at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Erickson
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Wildlife diseases: philosophical considerations

Wildlife diseases are studied because of their adverse impact on human health, agriculture, or wildlife conservation. Viewpoints from these three major areas of concern are not always compatible, yet the ecological nature of disease makes it essential that each is recognized and understood. Within wildlife agencies, resistance or apathy toward controlling wildlife disease arises because: (1) seldo
Authors
M. Friend
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

A comparison of observer and camera counts of desert bighorn sheep

No abstract available at this time
Authors
C. L. Douglas
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

A history of North American hawkwatching

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

A numerical analysis of bid distributions in sealed tender markets

No abstract available.
Authors
Emil D. Attanasi, S.R. Johnson, D.R. Kamerschen
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Energy Resources Program, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Captive breeding of whooping cranes at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Erickson
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Current techniques in the study of elusive wilderness carnivores

No abstract available.
Authors
L. D. Mech
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Distribution and density of bird species hazardous to aircraft

Only in the past 5 years has it become feasible to map the relative abundance of North American birds. Two programs presently under way and a third that is in the experimental phase are making possible the up-to-date mapping of abundance as well as distribution. A fourth program that has been used successfully in Europe and on a small scale in parts of North America yields detailed information on
Authors
C.S. Robbins
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Enhancing bass production by the use of fish toxicants

Abstract not submitted to date
Authors
R.M. Burress
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Fish diseases and parasites

No abstract available at this time
Authors
J. Plumb, G. L. Hoffman
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center