Morbidity and mortality in free-living raptorial birds of Northern California: A retrospective study, 1983-1994

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 78-81

  Morishita, Teresa Y ^a,b   Fullerton, Asta T ^b   Lowenstine, Linda J ^b   Gardner, Ian A ^b   Brooks, Dale L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawks; Morbidity; Mortality; Nutritional status; Owls; Pathology; Raptors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002639865     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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