Feeding deterrence of anthraquinone, anthracene, and anthrone to rice-eating birds

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1359-1365

  Avery, Michael L ^a   Humphrey, John S ^a   Decker, David G ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelatus phoeniceus; Anthraquinone; Anthrone; Bird repellent; Boat tailed grackle; Crop protection; Feeding deterrent; Quiscalus major; Red winged blackbird; Rice; Seed treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTHROME; FEEDING DETERRENT; RICE; SEED TREATMENT;

USA;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE; QUISCALUS MAJOR; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031408242     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802138     Document Type: Article

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