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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"secondary poisoning"”.
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Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants and trace metals in Scottish marine food webs and their relationship with trophic level and fatty acid signatures.
… inorganic contaminants either do not account for secondary poisoning as a route of exposure, or a proxy is used due to the lack of ecotoxicological data available. Secondary poisoning is a result of biomagnification, which can be expressed as the trophic magnification factor (TMF; the average …
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The pharmacokinetics of sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) in rabbits
… in rabbits and assess the risks associated with secondary poisoning. In this experiment New Zealand Large White rabbits were orally administered 0.1 mg 1080/kg W, a sublethal dose. This study demonstrated that 1080 is rapidly absorbed. The maximum concentration (0.106 µg/ml) of 1080 occurred in …
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Aspects of the ecology and management of small mammalian predators in northern New Zealand
… "core" areas of those cats ranges. Chapter IV. Secondary poisoning of introduced mammalian carnivores during possum and rodent control operations at Trounson Kauri Park, Northland New Zealand. Predatory mammals were monitored by radio telemetry through a 1080 then brodifacoum poison baiting …
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Life History and Ecology of the Black-Footed Ferret in the Wild
… shown that 1080-poisoned prairie dogs can cause secondary poisoning of domestic ferrets (Mustela putorius). Also, prairie-dog eradication reduces the ferret’s food supply.
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Response of Australian Boobooks (Ninox boobook) to threatening processes across urban, agricultural, and woodland ecosystems
… four different potential threatening processes: secondary poisoning by anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs); limitation of juvenile dispersal and impacts on spatial genetic structure; breeding site availability; and infection by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. I also conducted a literature review on …
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Population Dynamics and Occupancy Patterns of Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops Asio) in New York City Parks and Adjacent Suburbs
… survival rate (e.g., extreme winters, storms, or secondary poisoning) if such conditions occurred more often than once every ten years or if parks were smaller than 1.0km<sup>2</sup>.</p> <p>In 2008 and 2009, my colleagues and I conducted a citizen science-based study on screech owl occupancy …