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Effectiveness of Action to Reduce Exposure of Free-Ranging California Condors in Arizona and Utah to Lead from Spent Ammunition

California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) released into the wild in Arizona ranged widely in Arizona and Utah. Previous studies have shown that the blood lead concentrations of many of the birds rise because of ingestion of spent lead ammunition. Condors were routinely recaptured and treated to r...

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Autores principales: Green, Rhys E., Hunt, W. Grainger, Parish, Christopher N., Newton, Ian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19107211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004022