Temporal patterns of DDE in burrowing owl eggs from the Imperial Valley, California

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-512

  Gervais, Jennifer A ^a   Catlin, Daniel H ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 12344300443     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0509:TPODIB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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