Datasets / The Hawk Trust Annual Report 1988: Volume 17


The Hawk Trust Annual Report 1988: Volume 17

Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued about 9 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

This article discusses the habitat, migration, and nesting behavior of Taiga Merlins Falco c. columbarius in Denali National Park. A study was conducted to determine the contaminants found in unhatched merlin eggs. Thirty eggs were analyzed for contaminants. DDE was the most prevalent and significant contaminant found in the eggs.