Accumulation of anticoagulant rodenticides in a non-target insectivore, the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-166

  Dowding, Claire V ^a   Shore, Richard F ^b   Worgan, Andrew ^b   Baker, Philip J ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brodifacoum; Bromadiolone; Coumatetralyl; Difenacoum; First and second generation anticoagulant rodenticide; Flocoumafen; Insectivore; Non target; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE; BRITAIN; BROMADIOLONE; CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; COUMATETRALYL; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; PREDATORY BIRDS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG PRODUCTS; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MAMMALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION DETECTION; RAT CONTROL; TARGETS;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BRODIFACOUM; BROMADIOLONE; DIFENACOUM; FLOCOUMAFEN; RODENTICIDE; WARFARIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; INSECTIVORE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEDGEHOGS; RODENTICIDES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 74249090630     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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