Skip to main content
Journal cover image

Why American songbirds are vanishing

Publication ,  Journal Article
Terborgh, J
Published in: Scientific American
January 1, 1992

Pesticides were blamed when familiar songbirds were suddenly stilled in the 1960s. The worst culprits were banned, but migratory songbirds continue to decline. The reasons, the author argues, are increased pressure from predators and parasites in North American nesting sites and deforestation of tropical wintering areas.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Scientific American

DOI

ISSN

0036-8733

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

Volume

266

Issue

5

Start / End Page

98 / 104

Related Subject Headings

  • General Science & Technology
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Terborgh, J. (1992). Why American songbirds are vanishing. Scientific American, 266(5), 98–104. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0592-98
Terborgh, J. “Why American songbirds are vanishing.” Scientific American 266, no. 5 (January 1, 1992): 98–104. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0592-98.
Terborgh J. Why American songbirds are vanishing. Scientific American. 1992 Jan 1;266(5):98–104.
Terborgh, J. “Why American songbirds are vanishing.” Scientific American, vol. 266, no. 5, Jan. 1992, pp. 98–104. Scopus, doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0592-98.
Terborgh J. Why American songbirds are vanishing. Scientific American. 1992 Jan 1;266(5):98–104.
Journal cover image

Published In

Scientific American

DOI

ISSN

0036-8733

Publication Date

January 1, 1992

Volume

266

Issue

5

Start / End Page

98 / 104

Related Subject Headings

  • General Science & Technology