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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459104703321

Titolo

Wildlife toxicology : emerging contaminant and biodiversity issues / / editors, Ronald J. Kendall. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-429-15018-0

1-4398-1795-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KendallRonald J

Disciplina

363.17/92

Soggetti

Environmental toxicology

Pesticides and wildlife

Biodiversity

Animals - Effect of pollution on

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Foreword; Preface; Editors; Authors; Contributing Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2: Environmental Toxicology of Munitions-Related Compounds; Chapter 3: Agriculture: Pesticides, Plant Genetics, and Biofuels; Chapter 4: Influence of Pesticides and Environmental Contaminants on Emerging Diseases of Wildlife; Chapter 5 Impacts of Contaminants and Pesticides on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Structureand Function; Chapter 6: Impacts of Anthropogenic CO2 and Climate Change on the Biology of Terrestrial and Marine Systems

Chapter 7: Statistical Models in Wildlife ToxicologyChapter 8: Global Perspectives on Wildlife Toxicology; Chapter 9: Ecological Risk Assessment and Emerging Issues in Wildlife Toxicology; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Updating the extremely successful Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling (CRC Press, 1994), Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues brings together a distinguished group of international contributors, who provide a global assessment of a range of environmental stressors, including pesticides, environmental



contaminants, and other emerging chemical threats, and their impact on wildlife populations.  Addresses Emerging Wildlife Threats in One Concise Volume A decade ago, many of these threats existed bu