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Effects of lead shot ingestion on free-ranging mourning doves

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  1. Department of Zoology and Wildlife Science and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, 36849-5414, Alabama, USA

    Mary E. Carrington & Ralph E. Mirarchi

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Carrington, M.E., Mirarchi, R.E. Effects of lead shot ingestion on free-ranging mourning doves. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 43, 173–179 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701744

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