Effectiveness of action to reduce exposure of free-ranging California condors in Arizona and Utah to lead from spent ammunition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Green, Rhys E ^a,b   Hunt, W Grainger ^c   Parish, Christopher N ^c   Newton, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; FIREARM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SEASON; SURVIVAL; WILD ANIMAL;

AVES; CERVIDAE; GYMNOGYPS; GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARIZONA; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIREARMS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTAH;

EID: 58149195107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004022     Document Type: Article

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