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Growth and mortality of herring gull chicks
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J.A. Kadlec, W.H. Drury, D.K. Onion
Lead poisoning and aspergillosis in an Andean condor
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L. N. Locke, George E. Bagley, D.N. Frickie, L. T. Young
Different organ preferences by the same strain of Trichomonas gallinae in different host species
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R. M. Kocan
Various grains and liquid as potential vehicles of transmission for Trichomonas gallinae
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R. M. Kocan
A method for producing healthy carriers of the Jones' barn strain of Trichomonas gallinae
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R. M. Kocan
Survival in wood duck broods
Mortality of wood ducklings (Aix sponsa) from hatching to 6 weeks of age averaged 47 percent during a 4-year study at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Over 90 percent of the total mortality occurred during the first 2 weeks of life. Brood bonds began to dissolve after the fifth week. hlortality after 2 weeks was so low that Class I1 broods were believed to provide reliable estimates of produ
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F. B. McGilvrey
Pre-nesting and nesting behavior of the Swainson's warbler
The Swainson?s Warbler is one of the least known of southern birds. Although fairly common in some parts of its summer range, observations of its breeding biology have been made by very few persons. The present study was conducted mostly at Macon, Georgia; Pendleton Ferry, Arkansas; and Dismal Swamp, Virginia....In central Georgia and east-central Arkansas, Swainson?s Warblers usually arrive on th
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B. Meanley
A winter record of the Wilson's warbler at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland
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L. N. Locke, F.S. Locke
The wild camellia and dwarf trillium in the Great Dismal Swamp
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B. Meanley
Taxonomy of the common dolphins of the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Delphinus bairdii Dall is a species of dolphin distinct from D. delphis Linnaeus, with which it has usually been synonymized. D. bairdii has a longer rostrum relative to the zygomatic width of the skull; the ratio of these measurements falls at 1.55 or above for bairdii and 1.53 and below for delphis. In the eastern Pacific Ocean, D. bairdii is found in the Gulf of California and along the west co
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R.C. Banks, R. Brownell