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Beak Deformities

Publications

Van Hemert, C. 2007. Alaskan birds at Risk: Widespread beak deformities in resident species. American Birding. 39(5):48-55.

Handel, C. M., L. M. Pajot, S. M. Matsuoka, K. A. Trust, J. M. Stotts, J. Terenzi, and S. L. Talbot. 2006. Potential Role of Environmental Contaminants in the Pathology of Beak Deformities among Black-capped Chickadees in South-central Alaska. Unpublished final report. Project ID: 1130-7F22. U. S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. [PDF - 15 MB]

Handel, C. M., L. M. Pajot, S. L. Talbot, and G. K. Sage. 2006. Use of buccal swabs for sampling DNA from nestling and adult birds. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(4):1094-1100. [PDF - 701KB]

Black-capped Chickadee with upper mandible curved downward - photo by Joy Geiselman, USGS
Black-capped Chickadee - photo by Joy Geiselman

 

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