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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kendall, Ronald J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental toxicology.

Pesticides and wildlife.

Biodiversity.

Animals--Effect of pollution on.

Animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-017286-5

0-429-15018-0

1-4398-1795-2

9780429150180

OCLC:

646404494