Lead Exposure in Bald Eagles from Big Game Hunting, the Continental Implications and Successful Mitigation Efforts

Bryan Bedrosian; Derek Craighead; Ross Crandall

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051978

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Lead Exposure in Bald Eagles from Big Game Hunting, the Continental Implications and Successful Mitigation Efforts

Bryan Bedrosian ,

* E-mail: bryan@beringiasouth.org

Affiliation Craighead Beringia South, Kelly, Wyoming, United States of America
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Derek Craighead,

Affiliation Craighead Beringia South, Kelly, Wyoming, United States of America
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Ross Crandall

Affiliation Craighead Beringia South, Kelly, Wyoming, United States of America
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Lead Exposure in Bald Eagles from Big Game Hunting, the Continental Implications and Successful Mitigation Efforts

Bryan Bedrosian,
Derek Craighead,
Ross Crandall

Published: December 19, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051978

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Publisher's Note: Typographical Error in the Text

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 09 Aug 2013 at 20:35 GMT

The first sentence of the fourth paragraph in the introduction contains the following incorrect statement:
"Recent legislation in California banning the use of non-lead rifle ammunition...".
The correct text is:
"Recent legislation in California banning the use of lead rifle ammunition...".

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