Malathion applied at standard rates reduces fledgling condition and adult male survival in a wild lesser kestrel population

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-319

  Ortego, J ^a   Aparicio, J M ^a   Munoz A ^b   Bonal, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Falco naumanni; Malathion; Organo phosphorus insecticides; Sex biased mortality

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; PESTICIDE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 34547837370     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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