Reproduction and growth in American robins at the Feed Materials Production Center

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5638357

Osborne, D R; Jones, F A ^[1]

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1. Miami Univ., Oxford, OH (USA). Dept. of Zoology

Birds have been useful in environmental monitoring within forest ecosystems and at a variety of industrial sites. Growth analyses have been shown to be a sensitive measure of environmental stress in gulls, eagles, and in passerine birds. As part of an intensive year-long baseline ecological study investigations were initiated in late spring 1987 in order to characterize growth and reproductive success in Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura) and American Robins (Turdus migratorius) at the Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC). The current study was initiated in order to determine whether the pattern of suppressed growth and reproduction in FMPC birds still existed onsite. We selected only American robins (Turdus migratorius) for study because they appeared the most severely affected in 1987. 44 refs., 3 figs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Materials Co. of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Feed Materials Production Center; Miami Univ., Oxford, OH (USA). Dept. of Zoology
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-86OR21600
• OSTI ID: 5638357
• Report Number(s): FMPC/Sub-031; ON: DE91014648
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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