Bank Swallows Nesting in Gravel Stockpile Near Canora

Corticosterone stress response in tree swallows nesting near polychlorinated biphenyl- and dioxin-contaminated rivers.

We assayed baseline and stress-induced corticosterone concentrations from adult female and nestling tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, from New England, U.S.A., sites with different levels of contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Corticosterone was compared over 2 years from a highly contaminated PCB site along the Housatonic River ...

Sociobiology of bank swallows: reproductive strategy of the male.

Male bank swallows pursue a mixed reproductive strategy. As previously documented, they form monogamous pair bonds with females with whom they will share parental duties of nest-building, incubation, and feeding of the young. In addition, however, they routinely seek promiscuous copulations with other females, both before and after pair-bonding.

Bank and near-bank processes in an incised channel

Gravitational forces acting on in situ bank material act in concert with hydraulic forces at the bank toe to determine rates of bank erosion. The interaction of these forces control streambank mechanics. Hydraulic forces exerted by flowing water on in situ bank-toe material and failed cohesive material at the bank toe are often sufficient to entrain materials at relatively frequent flows and to...

Thin Gravel Deposits on Wave-Eroded Cliffs Near Barrow, Alaska

‘OGjaerevoll, 0. 1963. Botanical investigations in central Alaska especially in the White Mountains. Part 11. Det Kg1 Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 4. 115 pp. 11L6ve, D. and N. J. Freedman. 1956. A plant collection from SW Yukon. Botaniska Notiser, 109: 153-211. IzViereck, L. A. 1967. Plants above 2,140 meters (7,000 feet) in the Alaska Range. Bryologist, 70: 345-347. 13Bakewel1, A. 19...

The Gravel-Bed River Reach Properties Estimation in Bank Slope Modelling