Poisoning by ingestion of lead ammunition in wild birds in Spain and measures taken to reduce this risk;Intoxicación por munición de plomo en aves silvestres en España y medidas para reducir el riesgo

Ecosistemas

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-67

  Mateo, R ^a   Vallverdu Coll N ^a   Ortiz Santaliestra, M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination; Heavy metals; Hunting; Plumbism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888862465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16972473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7818/ECOS.2013.22-2.10     Document Type: Article

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