Monitoring great horned owls for pesticide exposure in southcentral Iowa

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 321-331

  Buck, Jeremy A ^a,b   Brewer, Larry W ^a,c   Hooper, Michael J ^a   Cobb, George P ^a   Kendall, Ronald J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c EBA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

alkyl phosphates; Bubo virginianus; butyrylcholinesterase; cholinesterase; excretory metabolites; organophosphorus pesticides; radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHORUS; PESTICIDE;

USA, IOWA;

BUBO VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS;

EID: 0029663416     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802231     Document Type: Article

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