Anticoagulant rodenticide brodifacoum detected in dead nestlings of an insectivorous passerine

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-115

  Masuda, Bryce M ^a   Fisher, Penny ^b   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Petroica australis rakiura; Rat eradication; Secondary poisoning; Stewart island robin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894376565     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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