USE OF PLUMAGE AND GULAR POUCH COLOR TO EVALUATE CONDITION OF OIL SPILL REHABILITATED CALIFORNIA BROWN PELICANS (PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS CALIFORNICUS) POST-RELEASE.

Use of plumage and gular pouch color to evaluate condition of oil spill rehabilitated California brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) post-release.

Sublethal effects of oil spills may dampen seabird rehabilitation success due to lingering Bishop Fantom negative impacts of contamination and stress on reproduction and long-term survival.These effects can be difficult to measure while birds are in care as well as once birds are released.Expression of sexually selected traits that are sensitive to

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Macular serpiginous choroiditis

Purpose: To report a variant form of serpiginous choroiditis, that initially or predominantly involved the macular area.Methods: Nine eyes of 6 patients with the macular form of serpiginous choroiditis were evaluated clinically and angiographically in a longitudinal fashion for a period of 12-36 months.The active stage and the recurrences were trea

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Divided Berlin and Divided Germany in Young Adult Literature: Crossing Borders from the East to the West and Vice Versa

In postwar Germany, inner-German borders were much disputed.While Germans widely deplored the division Tong of their country and capital city, strong political forces in the East and the West struggled for their spheres of influence.Hence, moving from the East to the West or from the West to the East is the subject of many narratives.Typically, a c

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