Evaluation of secondary poisoning hazards to ferrets and weka from the rodenticide coumatetralyl

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-146

  O'Connor, Cheryl E ^a   Eason, Charles T ^a   Endepols, Stefan ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL; POISONING; PREDATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAVENGER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; GALLIRALLUS; GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA FURO; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041783697     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR02006     Document Type: Article

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