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Differential use of fresh water environments by wintering waterfowl of coastal Texas

A comparative study of the environmental relationships among 14 species of wintering waterfowl was conducted at the Welder Wildlife Foundation, San Patricia County, near Sinton, Texas during the fall and early winter of 1973. Measurements of 20 environmental factors (social, vegetational, physical, and chemical) were subjected to multivariate statistical methods to determine certain niche characte
Authors
D. H. White, D. James

Forty-first breeding bird census. 175. Abandoned field

No abstract available.
Authors
L. Teuber, M. K. Klimkiewicz

Effects of chronic ingestion of South Louisiana crude oil on mallard ducklings

South Louisiana crude oil was fed to duckling mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) in concentrations of 0.025, 0.25, 2.5, and 5.0% of the diet from hatching to 8 weeks of age to assess the effects of chronic oil ingestion during early development. Growth was depressed in birds receiving a diet containing 5% oil but there was no oil-related mortality. Diets containing 0.25, 2.5, and 5.0% oil impaired avoi
Authors
Robert C. Szaro, M. P. Dieter, G. H. Heinz, J. F. Ferrell

Effects of dietary cadmium in mallard ducks

No abstract available.
Authors
D. H. White, M. T. Finley

Organochlorine residues in New Jersey osprey eggs

No abstract available.
Authors
Stanley N. Wiemeyer, D. M. Swineford, P.R. Spitzer, P.D. McLain