Use of bird collections in contaminant and stable-isotope studies

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 990-994

  Rocque, Deborah A ^a,b   Winker, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

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

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EID: 23044489775     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0990:UOBCIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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