Changes in blood pesticide levels in booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) associated with agricultural land practices

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-50

  Martínez López, Emma ^a   Romero, Diego ^a   María Mojica, Pedro ^a   Martínez, Jose E ^a   Calvo, Jose F ^a   García Fernández, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood; Booted eagle; Endosulfan; Hieraaetus pennatus; Lindane; Organochlorine insecticides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; ENDOSULFAN; HCH; HEALTH RISK; NESTLING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; GRAPE; HEALTH HAZARD; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OLIVE; PLUM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLIMATE; EAGLES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PESTICIDES; SPAIN;

HIERAAETUS PENNATUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; VITACEAE;

EID: 54049099938     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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