Persistence of brodifacoum in cockroach and woodlice: Implications for secondary poisoning during rodent eradications

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-188

  Brooke, M de L ^a   Cuthbert, R J ^b   Harrison, G ^c   Gordon, C ^d   Taggart, M A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Waddesdon Manor Estate Waddesdon ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant rodenticides; Bird conservation; Blaberus; Henderson rail; Porzana atra; Secondary poisoning

Indexed keywords

BRODIFACOUM;

ANTICOAGULANT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BRODIFACOUM; COCKROACH; LOUSE; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; RODENTICIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; TOXICITY TESTING; WOODLOUSE;

ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES; BIRD CONSERVATION; BLABERUS; HENDERSON RAIL; PORZANA ATRA; SECONDARY POISONING;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; ISLANDS; ISOPODA; RODENTICIDES; TIME FACTORS;

HENDERSON ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PITCAIRN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BLABERUS; BLATTARIA; ONISCIDEA; PORZANA ATRA; RALLIDAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84884210243     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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