Longevity of rodenticide bait pellets in a tropical environment following a rat eradication program

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2283-2288

  Berentsen, Are R ^a   Pitt, William C ^a   Eisemann, John D ^a   Engeman, Richard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental degradation; Invasive species; Land crabs; Rattus rattus; Rodent eradication; Rodenticide; Tropical

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONGEVITY; MONOCOTYLEDON; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; RODENTICIDE; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

LINE ISLANDS; PALMYRA ATOLL;

RODENTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RAT; RODENT CONTROL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONGEVITY; MALE; RATS; RODENT CONTROL; RODENTICIDES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84893280047     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2148-1     Document Type: Article

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