Organochlorine residues in bats from Eckert James River Cave, Texas

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 673-680

  Thies, M L ^a   Thies, K M ^a  

^a Sam Houston State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIBERNATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031055587     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900386     Document Type: Article

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