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Organochlorine residues and eggshell measurements for tree swallowsTachycineta bicolor in Colorado

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  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 220 West Prospect Rd., 80526, Fort Collins, CO

    Lawrence R. DeWeese

  2. Dept. Biology-Box 53, Metropolitan State College, 1006 11th Street, 80204, Denver, CO

    Robert R. Cohen

  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 20708, Laurel, MD

    Charles J. Stafford

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DeWeese, L.R., Cohen, R.R. & Stafford, C.J. Organochlorine residues and eggshell measurements for tree swallowsTachycineta bicolor in Colorado. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 35, 767–775 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01636586

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