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Old 28-05-2009, 01:42 PM
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Re: Leucistic Birds have you seen any ?

Thanks Jason - How interesting!!

One would assume more cats in urban areas and yet, perhaps, less "natural" predators such as sparrowhawks.

On the other hand do humans in some way influence survival rates of rarer colour morphs. Does polution raise their incidence due to higher mutatation rates?

This is just begging for the attention of a budding PhD.
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