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Pesticide Residues In The Illinois Wild Turkey, John M. Bridges
Pesticide Residues In The Illinois Wild Turkey, John M. Bridges
Masters Theses
Adipose tissue from 55 turkeys, killed during the 1974 hunting season in southern Illinois, was grouped by age and location of the birds, and the pesticide concentrations in them were determined by gas/liquid chromatography. Twelve different pesticides were identified in the samples with only four, total DDT, heptachlor epoxide, toxaphene, and linuron, being present in all samples. Concentrations ranged from 0.02 ppm to 0.88 ppm.
Homing Studies Of Bank Swallows In Eastern Illinois, Jennifer Eileen Hagerstrom
Homing Studies Of Bank Swallows In Eastern Illinois, Jennifer Eileen Hagerstrom
Masters Theses
A series of homing experiments using 39 color-marked Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia) were carried out in eastern Illinois during the summer of 1975. The swallow colony was located four km east-northeast of Charleston, Illinois at the Charleston Stone Quarry. Eight release sites were located in the four compass directions from the home colony at distances of 14.4 to 32.3 km away.
The colony was approached before dawn and swallows were captured using tube traps. Birds were color-marked, banded, and taken in individual bags to the release site by automobile. Cloud cover, wind velocity, wind direction, and orientation behavior …
Breeding Bird Study On The Douglas-Hart Nature Preserve, An East-Central Illinois Modified Oldfield, Charles F. Zimmer
Breeding Bird Study On The Douglas-Hart Nature Preserve, An East-Central Illinois Modified Oldfield, Charles F. Zimmer
Masters Theses
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