DDE-induced eggshell thinning in white-faced ibis: A continuing problem in the western United States

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-364

  King, Kirke A ^a   Zaun, Brenda J ^a   Schotborgh, H Maaike ^b   Hurt, Carla ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b U States Fish and Wildlife Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; IBIS; PLEGADIS CHIHI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141836682     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0356:DETIWI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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