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Dieldrin and DDT: effects on sparrow hawk eggshells and reproduction

Patterns of reproductive failure in declining populations of several European and North American raptorial species were duplicated experimentally with captive American sparrow hawks Falco sparverius that were given a diet containing two commonly used organochlorine insecticides. Major effects on reproduction were increased egg disappearance, increased egg destruction by parent birds, and reduced
Authors
Ron Porter, Stanley N. Wiemeyer

Notes on Dismal Swamp birds

No abstract available.
Authors
B. Meanley

Dieldrin and eggshell thickness in ducks

No abstract available.
Authors
P.N. Lehner, A. Egbert

Pyramiding damage

No abstract available.
Authors
T.J. Peterle

Loss of bands from adult herring gulls

No abstract available.
Authors
J.A. Kadlec, W.H. Drury

Growth and mortality of herring gull chicks

No abstract available.
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J.A. Kadlec, W.H. Drury, D.K. Onion

Lead poisoning and aspergillosis in an Andean condor

No abstract available.
Authors
L. N. Locke, George E. Bagley, D.N. Frickie, L. T. Young