Potential citric acid exposure and toxicity to Hawaiian hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) associated with Eleutherodactylus frog control

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 429-436

  Pitt, William C ^a   Witmer, Gary W ^a   Jojola, Susan M ^a,c   Sin, Hans ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

^c AFB International   (United States)

Author keywords

Citric acid; Control; Coqui frog; Eleutherodactylus coqui; Hawaii; Hoary bat; Lasiurus cinereus semotus; Risk

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID;

BAT; CITRIC ACID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOLIAGE; FROG; INSECTIVORE; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURROGATE METHOD;

ANURA; ARTICLE; BAT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; LASIURUS CINEREUS SEMOTUS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORAL TOXICITY; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; VOMITING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIURUS CINEREUS; LASIURUS CINEREUS SEMOTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CITRIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAWAII; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RANIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84897439772     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1208-8     Document Type: Article

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