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Centrolenella fleischmanni (ranita de vidrio, glass frog)
No abstract available.
Authors
R.W. McDiarmid
Oryzomys caliginosus (raton pardo, raton arrocero pardo, Costa Rican dusky rat)
No abstract available.
Authors
A.L. Gardner
Didelphis marsupialis (raposa, zarigueya, zorro pelon, zorro mochila, opossum)
No abstract available.
Authors
A.L. Gardner
Stemmadenia donnellsmithii (Rose) Woodson (huevos de caballo; cojones de chancho)
No abstract available.
Authors
M.S. Foster, R.W. McDiarmid
Rhinophrynus dorsalis Dumeril and Bibron (alma de vaca: Mexican burrowing toad)
No abstract available.
Authors
M.S. Foster, R.W. McDiarmid
Effects of oil on avian reproduction: A review and discussion
Oil pollution is a highly visible form of environmental contamination that affects avian reproduction in a variety of ways. Plumage oiling causes widespread and locally severe mortality of adult birds. Egg oiling can be a serious hazard for bird embryos but only a few field observationons of this have been reported. Oil ingestion seldom kills birds directly but it causes sublethal change~ in th
Authors
P.H. Albers
Avian artificial insemination and semen preservation
Summary: Artificial insemination is a practical propagation tool that has been successful with a variety of birds. Cooperative, massage, and electroejaculation and modifications of these three basic methods of semen collection are described for a variety of birds. Semen color and consistency and sperm number, moti!ity, and morphology, as discussed, are useful indicators of semen quality, but the
Authors
G.F. Gee
Breeding ecology of North American shorebirds: Patterns and constraints
No abstract available.
Authors
M.A. Howe
Distribution and abundance of nesting ospreys in the United States
Nesting Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) in the contiguous United States now number about 8,000 pairs. Five regional populations exist (in order of abundance): Atlantic Coast, Florida and Gulf Coast, Pacific Northwest, Western Interior, and Great Lakes. Pesticides severely impacted the populations in the northern portion of the Atlantic Coast (Boston to Cape May) and the Great Lakes, but both are now r
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C. J. Henny
Reproductive success of great black-backed and herring gulls in response to egg-oiling
No abstract available.
Authors
S.J. Lewis, R.A. Malecki