Lead-shot exposure in red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) on a driven shooting estate

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6271-6277

  Ferrandis, Pablo ^a   Mateo, Rafael ^b   López Serrano, Francisco R ^a   Martínez Haro, Mónica ^b   Martínez Duro, Esmeralda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; PELLETIZING; SEED; SOILS;

SAMPLING DESIGN; SEED SIZE; SHOT PELLETS; SHRUB LAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL;

ABRASIVES;

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BONE; ECOTONE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GAMEBIRD; INGESTION RATE; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEED SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALECTORIS RUFA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECOTONE; EXPOSURE; INGESTION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SOIL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GALLIFORMES; LEAD POISONING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

ALECTORIS RUFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 49749094096     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800215y     Document Type: Article

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