Characterization of grit in arable birds to improve pesticide risk assessment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-329

  Luttik, R ^a   De Snoo, G R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birds; Granular formulations; Grit characteristics; Risk assessment; Soil characteristics

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; FORAGE; HAZARD; INGESTION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SEED PREDATION; SOIL; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIET; GIZZARD; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PESTICIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 1642272919     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(03)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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