Exposure to rodenticides in Northern Spotted and Barred Owls on remote forest lands in northwestern California: evidence of food web contamination

Exposure to rodenticides in Northern Spotted and Barred Owls on remote forest lands in northwestern California: evidence of food web contamination

The documentation of anticoagulant rodenticides (AR) in nontarget species has centered around wildlife that inhabit urban or agricultural settings. However, recent studies in California have shown that AR use in remote forest settings has escalated and has exposed and killed forest carnivores. Antic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mourad W. Gabriel, Lowell V. Diller, John P. Dumbacher, Greta M. Wengert, John M. Higley, Robert H. Poppenga, Shannon Mendia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2018-06-01
Series:Avian Conservation and Ecology
Subjects:
anticoagulant rodenticides
cannabis
ecotoxicology
environmental contamination
forest toxicology
invasive species
marijuana
poison
prey
raptor
rodent
Online Access:http://www.ace-eco.org/vol13/iss1/art2/

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http://www.ace-eco.org/vol13/iss1/art2/

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