Field studies on pesticides and birds: Unexpected and unique relations

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1125-1132

  Blus, Lawrence J ^a   Henny, Charles J ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Direct effects; Experimental studies; Field studies; Indirect effects; Pesticides; Sensitive species

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 0000862977     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1125:FSOPAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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