Lead exposure in ring-necked pheasants on shooting estates in Great Britain

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 583-589

  Butler, David A ^a,b,d   Sage, Rufus B ^b   Draycott, Roger A H ^b   Carroll, John P ^b,c   Potts, Dick ^b,e  

^a TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e World Pheasant Association

Author keywords

Bone; Gizzard; Great Britain; Ingestion; Lead; Phasianus colchicus; Ring necked pheasant; Shot

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; GAMEBIRD; INGESTION RATE; LEAD SHOT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 27144511187     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[583:LEIRPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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