Blood-lead and alad activity levels of cooper's Hawks (Accipiter cooperii) migrating through the Southern rocky mountains

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-124

  McBride, Tobias J ^a   Smith, Jeef P ^b   Gross, Howard P ^b   Hooper, Michael J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAWKWATCH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter cooperii; ALAD; Cooper's Hawk; Lead; Migration; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; TOXICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER COOPERII; ACCIPITRINAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 3843074020     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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