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Toxicity of 16 granular insecticides to wild-caught songbirds

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  1. Charles Bowen II

    Present address: Great Lakes Fishery Laboratory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1451 Green Road, 48105, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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  1. Office of Pesticide Programs (TS-769), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St. S.W., 20460, Washington, D.C.

    Richard Balcomb, Richard Stevens & Charles Bowen II

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Balcomb, R., Stevens, R. & Bowen, C. Toxicity of 16 granular insecticides to wild-caught songbirds. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 33, 302–307 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625547

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