Exposure of captive feral pigeons to fonofos-treated seed in a semifield experiment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2543-2549

  Pascual, Juan A ^a   Hart, Andrew D M ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Fonofos; Food avoidance; Seed treatments; Semifield experiment

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; FONOFOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT CONTROL; LETHAL DOSE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; INSECTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030718599     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620161216     Document Type: Article

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