Epizootic of Beak Deformities Among Wild Birds in Alaska: An Emerging Disease in North America?
Epizootic of Beak Deformities Among Wild Birds in Alaska: An Emerging Disease in North America?
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Waco: University of California Press
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English
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Waco: University of California Press
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The sudden appearance of a large cluster of animals with gross abnormalities may signal a significant change in an ecosystem. We describe an unusual concentration of beak deformities that appear to have arisen rapidly within Alaska and now extend southward along the Pacific Coast. In Alaska we have documented 2,160 Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile...
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Epizootic of Beak Deformities Among Wild Birds in Alaska: An Emerging Disease in North America?
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_762766617
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_762766617
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0004-8038
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1938-4254,2732-4613
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10.1525/auk.2010.10111
