Sex in the City: Breeding Behavior of Urban Peregrine Falcons in the Midwestern US.

Peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) were extirpated from most of the continental United States by widespread use of the pesticide DDT in the 1960s. Populations have rebounded with banning of the pesticide and successful implementation of captive breeding and hacking programs. An essentially new pop...

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Main Authors: Isabel C Caballero, John M Bates, Mary Hennen, Mary V Ashley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4946791?pdf=render