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The austral peregrine falcon: Color variation, productivity, and pesticides

The austral peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus cassini) was studied in the Andean foot- hills and across the Patagonian steppe from November to December 1981. The birds under study (18 pairs) were reproducing at or near normal (pre-DDT) levels for other races. Pesticide residues, while elevated, were well below the values associated with reproductive failure in other populations. With one exceptio
Authors
D. H. Ellis

[Book review] The Gastric Brooding Frog

No abstract available.
Authors
R.W. McDiarmid

[Book review] The birds of San Diego County

San Diego County, California is larger in area than 2 of the 50 states (combined), its geographic (and thus biological) diversity ranges from the seacoast across mountains of nearly 2,000 m elevation to extreme desert, it is the southwesternmost county of the contiguous U.S., and it is inhabited by dedicated birders whose observations have boosted the county list to more than 450 species. "The Bir
Authors
R.C. Banks

Contamination from battery salvage operations on the Chipola River, Florida

No abstract available.
Authors
P. V. Winger, D.P. Schultz, W.W. Johnson

Organochlorine residues in fish from the Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge

No abstract available.
Authors
P. V. Winger, D.P. Schultz, W.W. Johnson

Shiny cowbird parasitism in two avian communities in Puerto Rico

The shiny cowbird (M. bonariensis), a brood parasite, has recently expanded its range from South America to Puerto Rico via the Lesser Antilles. This species is a host generalist and, on reaching Puerto Rico, encounteed avian species with no history of social parasitism. In mangrove habitat study areas, 42% of the resident non-raptorial land bird species were parasitized. Some species were heavily
Authors
J. W. Wiley