Impact of the california lead ammunition ban on reducing lead exposure in golden eagles and turkey vultures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kelly, Terra R ^a   Bloom, Peter H ^b   Torres, Steve G ^c   Hernandez, Yvette Z ^a   Poppenga, Robert H ^d   Boyce, Walter M ^a   Johnson, Christine K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAGLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; WEAPON; ANIMAL; BIRD; BLOOD; FIREARM; GEOGRAPHY; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; AQUILA; AVES; CATHARTES; GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIREARMS; GEOGRAPHY; LEAD; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953753223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017656     Document Type: Article

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