Twine causes significant mortality in nestling Ospreys

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 528-529

  Blem, Charles R ^a   Blem, Leann B ^a   Harmata, Peter J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; NESTLING; RAPTOR; WASTE;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0038170319     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0528:TCSMIN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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