Diclofenac Approval as a Threat to Spanish Vultures

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 631-632

  Margalida, Antoni ^a,b   Sánchez Zapata, José A ^c   Blanco, Guillermo ^d   Hiraldo, Fernando ^e   Donázar, José A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES;

DICLOFENAC; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FALCONIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SPAIN; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DICLOFENAC; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FALCONIFORMES; SPAIN;

EID: 84900443661     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12271     Document Type: Letter

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