Secondary rodenticide poisoning risk arising from winter farmyard use by the European polecat Mustela putorius

Biological Conservation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-240

  Birks, J D S ^a  

^a Martin Ryan Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmyard; Mustela putorius; Polecat; Second generation Rodenticides; Secondary poisoning

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MONITORING; PESTICIDE;

EUROPE;

MUSTELA PUTORIUS;

EID: 0032171302     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00175-4     Document Type: Article

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