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THE uptake and transmission of organochlorine insecticide residues in food chains has been described for an aquatic ecosystem1. There is, however, little information relating to the terrestrial sphere in respect of insecticide concentrations occurring in invertebrates which form the food of many common species of birds2,3. During 1965, an attempt was made to remedy this situation by collecting soil and invertebrates from ten widely separated arable fields and from two apple orchards around Huntingdon which were known to have received recent applications of a number of organochlorine insecticides. The soils varied from sandy loam to clay loam and peaty loam.
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DAVIS, B., HARRISON, R. Organochlorine Insecticide Residues in Soil Invertebrates. Nature 211, 1424–1425 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2111424a0
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