Reproduction of Black-crowned Night-Herons related to predation and contaminants in Oregon and Washington, USA

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-197

  Blus, Lawrence J ^a   Rattner, Barnett A ^b   Melancon, Mark J ^b   Henny, Charles J ^a  

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

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black crowned Night Heron; Clutch size; Corvid predation; Cytochrome P450; Dioxin; Eggshell thickness; Nycticorax nycticorax; Oregon; Organochlorines; Reproduction; Washington

Indexed keywords

ARDEIDAE; AVES; CORVIDAE; GALLIFORMES; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX;

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON; POLLUTION; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

USA, OREGON; USA, WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031395556     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521685     Document Type: Article

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