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- Title
Northern Bobwhite Egg Hatchability and Chick Immunocompetence Following a Field Application of Clopyralid.
- Authors
Dabbert, C. B.; Mitchell, R. B.; Oberheu, D. T.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the Bobwhite Egg hatchability and chick immunocompetence following a field application of clopyralid. Clopyralid is a phenoxy-picolinic, foliage-applied herbicide commonly used to manage honey mesquite and other brush species and broadleaf weeds on native rangeland. Broadcast application of herbicides to landscapes often occurs during the active nesting season of numerous bird species. The northern bobwhite eggs viability and hatchability and growth and immune function after clopyralid exposure is uncertain. The study reveals that clopyralid manages woody brush cover in rangelands during Northern bobwhite egg laying and incubation periods with low probability of impacting embryo development and subsequent chick growth.
- Subjects
NORTHERN bobwhite; BOBWHITES; ODONTOPHORIDAE; QUAILS; HERBICIDES; WEED control; RANGELANDS; HONEY mesquite
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 1997, Vol 58, Issue 5, p801
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001289900405