Organochlorine pesticides are not implicated in the decline of the loggerhead shrike

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 702-705

  Herkert, James R ^a,b  

^a Illinois Endangered Species P   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lanius ludovicianus; Loggerhead Shrike; Pesticides; Population decline

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARETTA CARETTA; LANIIDAE; LANIUS; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 4043050722     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7511     Document Type: Article

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