Avian endocrine responses to environment
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Rattner, Barnett A. ;Eroschenko, Victor P. ;Fox, Glen A. ;Fry, D. Michael ;Gorsl
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Article
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1984
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Many environmental contaminants are hazardous to populations of wild birds. Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides and industrial pollutants are thought to be responsible for population declines of several species of predatory birds through eggshell thinning. Studies have demonstrated that these contami