The diet of migrant Red Kites Milvus milvus during a Water Vole Arvicola terrestris outbreak in eastern France and the associated risk of secondary poisoning by the rodenticide bromadiolone

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Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-146

  Coeurdassier, Michael ^a   Poirson, Claire ^b   Paul, Jean Philippe ^b   Rieffel, Dominique ^a   Michelat, Dominique ^c   Reymond, David ^c   Legay, Philippe ^b   Giraudoux, Patrick ^a   Scheifler, Renaud ^a  

^a University of Franche Comté   (France)

^b Maison de l'Environnement de Franche Comté ^*  (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Pesticide; Raptor; Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides; Threat; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; DIET; FIELD SURVEY; PESTICIDE; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RAPTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; TOXICOLOGY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

FRANCE;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; AVES; HEXAPODA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MILVUS MILVUS; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; RODENTIA;

EID: 83855163565     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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