Productivity and survival of Great Horned Owls exposed to dieldrin

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 331-339

  Frank, Rosemary A ^a   Lutz, R Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Bubo virginianus; Dieldrin; Great Horned Owls; Organochlorines; Survival

Indexed keywords

BUBO VIRGINIANUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032915145     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369996     Document Type: Article

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