Ecological vulnerability in wildlife: Application of a species-ranking method to food chains and habitats

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2875-2880

  De Lange, Hendrika J ^a   Lahr, Joost ^a   Van Der Pol, Joost J C ^a   Faber, Jack H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Food chain; Habitat; Soil contamination; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; HABITAT; SOIL CONTAMINATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; ZINC;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; COPPER; IVERMECTIN; ZINC;

AUTECOLOGY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD CHAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; VULNERABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

ALDER; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD CHAIN; HABITAT; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TAXONOMIC RANK; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TROPHIC LEVEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLOODS; FOOD CHAIN; NETHERLANDS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

DOMMEL RIVER; NETHERLANDS; NORTH BRABANT;

ALNUS;

EID: 78249285948     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.336     Document Type: Article

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