A review of lead poisoning from ammunition sources in terrestrial birds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-432

  Fisher, Ian J ^a   Pain, Deborah J ^a   Thomas, Vernon G ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullet fragment; Game bird; Lead shot; Raptor

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; INGESTION RATE; LEAD; LEGISLATION; POISONING; RAPTOR; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOXICOLOGY; WETLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 33745088326     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.02.018     Document Type: Article

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