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Calcium and phosphorus requirements of bobwhite quail chicks
Four experiments involving 873 bob-white quail (Colinus virginianus) chicks were conducted at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland. A comparison was made of calcium: phosphorus ratios of 1:1, 15:1, 1%: 1, 2:1, 2+:1,and 2%: 1in diets with phosphorus levels of 0.52, 0.75, 1.00, and 1.25 percent. The results indicate that the optimum level of phosphorus for growth is in the neighborhood of
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R. B. Nestler, J.B. DeWitt, J.V. Derby, M. Moschler
Effects of DDT and other insecticides on fish and wildlife: Summary of investigations during 1947
No abstract available.
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J.P. Linduska, E. W. Surber
Populations and home range relationships of the box turtle, Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus)
This field study was conducted at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland, during the years 1944-1947.
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L. F. Stickel
Vegetation of the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland
No abstract available.
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Neil Hotchkiss, Robert E. Stewart
The effects of feeding DDT-treated insects to nestling birds
No abstract available.
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J.L. George, R.T. Mitchell