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Effects of five-year DDT application on breeding bird population

Chandler S. Robbins, +2 more
- 01 Apr 1951 - 
- Vol. 15, Iss: 2, pp 213-216
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This article is published in Journal of Wildlife Management.The article was published on 1951-04-01. It has received 20 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population.

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DDT Residues in an East Coast Estuary: A Case of Biological Concentration of a Persistent Insecticide

George M. Woodwell, +2 more
- 12 May 1967 - 
TL;DR: High concentrations of DDT in soil of an extensive salt marsh on the south shore of Long Island suggest that many natural populations in this area are now being affected, possibly limited, by DDT residues.
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Persistent pesticides in the environment

Clive A. Edwards
TL;DR: The persistence, sources, fate and possible control of pesticides are reviewed and discussed in this article, where the amounts of pesticides in soil, air, freshwater, seawater, soil and aquatic invertebrates, plants, fish, birds, other vertebrates, human food and human beings are summarized.
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DDT vs.Wildlife Relationships Between Quantities Ingested, Toxic Effects and Tissue Storage*

James B. DeWitt, +2 more
- 01 Jan 1955 - 
TL;DR: Young and adult quail and pheasants were fed diets containing DDT and chemical analysis of tissues indicated that quantities of DDT stored were not proportional to total amounts administered nor to duration of exposure, but were related to the severity of toxic symptoms.
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Marine Mammals as Sentinels of Ocean Health

Leslie Dierauf, +1 more
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Bird Mortality Following DDT Spray for Dutch Elm Disease

Doris H. Wurster, +2 more
- 01 Jul 1965 - 
TL;DR: Feeding habits suggest that some birds acquired the toxicant by eating living insects carrying DDT, presenting the paradox of survival of the intended DDT victims, and death, instead, of insectivorous birds.
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Winter Relations of Bobcats to White-Tailed Deer in Maine

Merwin A. Marston
- 01 Oct 1942 - 
TL;DR: Observations reported below show that deer losses are more frequent than is commonly thought and the present trend apparently is to consider the species an unimportant enemy of deer.
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Fall and Winter Food Habits of Vermont Bobcats

W. J. Hamilton, +1 more
- 01 Apr 1939 - 
TL;DR: The bobcat (Lynx r. rufus) has a wide distribution in Vermont and Bounty claims indicate that the animal is well represented in the sparsely wooded farm sections of the southern part of the state as well as in the rugged forested slopes of the Green Mountains.