North american osprey populations and contaminants: Historic and contemporary perspectives

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 579-603

  Henny, Charles J ^a   Grove, Robert A ^a   Kaiser, James L ^a   Johnson, Branden L ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; LIFE HISTORY; MEXICO; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OSPREY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FALCONIFORMES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

PANDION; PANDION HALIAETUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 78650449326     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2010.538658     Document Type: Article

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