Lead contamination and associated disease in captive and reintroduced red kites Milvus milvus in England

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 376, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 116-127

  Pain, D J ^a   Carter, I ^b   Sainsbury, A W ^c   Shore, R F ^d   Eden, P ^e,f   Taggart, M A ^g   Konstantinos, S ^g   Walker, L A ^d   Meharg, A A ^g   Raab, A ^g  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e Veterinary Department   (Australia)

^f MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammunition; Pb isotopes; Pb poisoning; Red kites

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; ENGLAND; ISOTOPES; LEAD COMPOUNDS;

ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; PB ISOTOPES; PB POISONING; RED KITES;

MAMMALS;

GASOLINE; LEAD; PESTICIDE; RODENTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; POISONING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE; BULLET; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAWK; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MILVUS MILVUS; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FALCONIFORMES; FIREARMS; LEAD; LIVER; RABBITS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; MAMMALIA; MILVUS MILVUS;

EID: 33947254456     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.062     Document Type: Article

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