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1978 Behavioral abnormalities in nesting Lake Ontario Herring Gulls, J. Wildlife Management 42:477-483.

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1977 Is the Dickcissel a Threatened Species? Amer. Birds 31: 923-932.

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1975 A Great Lakes tragedy, Nature Canada 4:22-25.

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1972 Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in the eggs of common terns in Hamilton Harbour, Ontario. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicology 7: 371-373.

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1980 Historical Aspects of Hybridisation between Blue-winged and Golden-winged Warblers, Auk 97: 1-18.

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