Bullet fragments in deer remains: Implications for lead exposure in Avian scavengers

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 167-170

  Hunt, W Grainger ^a   Burnham, William ^a,c   Parish, Chris N ^a   Burnham, Kurt K ^a,c   Mutch, Brian ^a   Oaks, J Lindsay ^b  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TPF ^*

Author keywords

Bullet fragmentation; Lead; Lead poisoning; Raptors; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

CARRION; DEER; LEAD; RADIOGRAPHY; SCAVENGER;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES; CERVIDAE; GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; ODOCOILEUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 33646582320     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[167:BFIDRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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