Exposure of non-target vertebrates to second-generation rodenticides in Britain, with particular reference to the polecat Mustela putorius

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-206

  Shore, Richard F ^a   Birks, Johnny D S ^b   Freestone, Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Martin Ryan Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bromadiolone; Difenacoum; Fox; Mustelids; Secondary poisoning

Indexed keywords

NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; POISONING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033386113     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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