Lead shot and teal (Anas crecca) in the Camargue, Southern France: Effects of embedded and ingested pellets on survival

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 567-576

  Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Devineau, Olivier ^b   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^b   Mondain Monval, Jean Yves ^a   Johnson, Alan R ^a   Simon, Géraldine ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Anas crecca; Hunting; Lead shot; Poisoning; Survival

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD INTAKE; LEAD SHOT; MORPHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANAS CRECCA; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 34249656774     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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