WHY AMERICAN SONGBIRDS ARE VANISHING

被引：33

作者：

TERBORGH, J

机构：

[1] Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, Durham

来源：

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | 1992年 / 266卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1038/scientificamerican0592-98

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Pesticides were blamed when familiar songbirds were suddenly stilled in the 1960s. The worst culprits were banned, but migratory songbirds continue to decline. The reasons, the author argues, are increased pressure from predators and parasites in North American nesting sites and deforestation of tropical wintering areas.

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页码：98 / 104

页数：7