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Scent-marking in wolves

No abstract available.
Authors
R.P. Peters, L. D. Mech

Weights, growth, and survival of timber wolf pups in Minnesota

Weights, growth rates, canine tooth lengths, and survival data were obtained from 73 wild wolf (Canis lupus) pups that were 8 to 28 weeks old when live-trapped in three areas of northern Minnesota from 1969 to 1972. Relative weights of wild pups are expressed as percentages of a standard weight curve based on data from captive pups of similar age. These relative weights varied greatly within lit
Authors
V. Van Ballenberghe, L. D. Mech

First nest record of the white-winged crossbill in Hispaniola

No abstract available.
Authors
A.K. Kepler, C.B. Kepler, A. Dod

Osprey nesting populations in the coastal Carolinas

No abstract available.
Authors
C. J. Henny, A.P. Noltemeier

Search for blood protozoans in the American woodcock

Smears were prepared from heart blood of 55 woodcock collected in central Maine between spring and fall, 1972 and 1973. Peripheral blood taken from the wings of 41 of these birds also was examined. Examination of stained films revealed no infected blood cells. Samples of heart blood from 35 of the 41 woodcock were injected into young ducks, quail, and a gull. Plasmodia were not seen in inoculated
Authors
W.B. Krohn, J.R. Hynson

Status of the kokikokiko Acrocephalus aequinoctialis

No abstract available.
Authors
R. B. Clapp, W.B. King