Lead shot ingestion by marsh harriers Circus aeruginosus from the Ebro delta, Spain

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 435-440

  Mateo, Rafael ^a   Estrada, Joan ^b   Paquet, Jean Yves ^c   Riera, Xavier ^b   Domínguez, Laura ^d   Guitart, Raimon ^a   Martínez Vilalta, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ebro Delta Natural Park   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circus aeruginosus; Lead poisoning; Lead shot; Marsh harrier; Raptor; Spain

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

LEAD; POISONING; RAPTOR; WETLAND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUNSHOT INJURY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; WINTER;

SPAIN;

ANAS SP.; AVES; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0033009833     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00169-9     Document Type: Article

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