Potential risk to ring-necked pheasants from application of toxic bait for blackbird control in south Dakota

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 388-394

  Avery, Michael L ^a   Kenyon, Mary Jo ^b,c   Linz, George M ^b,d   Bergman, David L ^b,d   Decker, David G ^a   Humphrey, John S ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box 19 ^*  (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baiting; Blackbird control; DRC 1339; Nontarget hazard; Phasianus colchicus; Ring necked pheasant

Indexed keywords

AVICIDE; BAIT; BLACKBIRD; RING-NECKED PHEASANT;

SOUTH DAKOTA; USA;

ICTERINAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0031944875     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802303     Document Type: Article

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