Organochlorines and mercury in Peregrine Falcon eggs from western north Carolina

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-254

  Augspurger, Tom ^a   Boynton, Allen ^b,c  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b Nongame and Endangered Wildl Prog   (United States)

^c Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Falco peregrinus; Mercury; North Carolina; Organochlorine pesticides; Peregrine Falcon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347665153     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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