Anticoagulant rodenticides in stoats (Mustela erminea) and weasels (Mustela nivalis) in England

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-23

  McDonald, R A ^a   Harris, S ^a   Turnbull, G ^b   Brown, P ^b   Fletcher, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecotoxicology; Pest control; Pesticide; Secondary poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BRODIFACOUM; BROMADIOLONE; COUMATETRALYL; RODENTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BUILDING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RODENT CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WILDLIFE;

MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 0031795551     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00141-9     Document Type: Article

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