Trash-caused mortality in Mongolian raptors

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Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 536-537

  Ellis, David H ^a   Lish, James W ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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References (12)

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11. Ellis, D.H., Woffinden, N., Whitlock, P.L. and Tsengeg, P. 1999. Unusual variation in tarsal and fool feathering in the upland buzzard (Butco heliasius) in Mongolia. J. Raptor Res. (In press).
12. We thank the National Aeronautics and Space Aministration (US) and Patuxent Wildlife Research Center for primary funding for our treks (1994, 1995, and 1998). Supplemental funding came from the National Avian Research Center (United Arab Emirates) (1995). Mr. Howell Wynne (1997), the Institute for Raptor Studies (1997 and 1998), and Smithsonian Magazine (1998). In-country hosts were the Mongolian Ministry of Nature and the Environment (1994, 1998). Mongolian State University (1995), and Mongolian Academy of Science (1997). We express special appreciation for hosting our 1998 expeditions to S. Banzragch (Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Mongolia). Biologists who assisted our expeditions and have our heartfelt thanks are P. Tsengeg, M.H. Ellis, P.L. Whitlock, A. Conover, and D. Batdelger.