Using wildlife as receptor species: A landscape approach to ecological risk assessment

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 528-545

  Gaines, Karen F ^a,e   Porter, Dwayne E ^a   Dyer, Susan A ^b   Wein, Gary R ^b   Pinder III, John E ^c   Brisbin Jr , I Lehr ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Endpoint; Exposure; GIS; Receptor species; Spatially explicit models; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FEDERAL FACILITIES; RECEPTOR SPECIES; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (SRS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT SELECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23444438896     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0261-0     Document Type: Review

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