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Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife

  • This book provides an in-depth yet broad overview on the risks that rodenticides may pose to wildlife, ranging from the biochemical and pharmacokinetic level to ecological field observations affecting secondary exposure
  • Dedicated chapters focus on alternative method for rodent control, including Integrated Pest Management, and on the challenge of development of resistance, with potential implications for their regulation and risk mitigation
  • Consideration of how to detect non-target? rodenticide poisoning in wildlife in the field, and chapters that outline how ecological, landscape and variation in control practices affect exposure and poisoning, make this book not just a scientific overview, but a reference text and a source of practical guidance to scientists, users and even interested members of the public

Part of the book series: Emerging Topics in Ecotoxicology (ETEP, volume 5)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife: Introduction

    • Nico W. van den Brink, John E. Elliott, Richard F. Shore, Barnett A. Rattner
    Pages 1-9
  3. Pharmacokinetics of Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Target and Non-target Organisms

    • Katherine E. Horak, Penny M. Fisher, Brian Hopkins
    Pages 87-108
  4. Primary Exposure and Effects in Non-target Animals

    • Richard F. Shore, MichaĆ«l Coeurdassier
    Pages 135-157
  5. Secondary Exposure to Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Effects on Predators

    • Jhon J. LĆ³pez-Perea, Rafael Mateo
    Pages 159-193
  6. Spatial Dimensions of the Risks of Rodenticide Use to Non-target Small Mammals and Applications in Spatially Explicit Risk Modeling

    • MichaĆ«l Coeurdassier, ClĆ©mentine Fritsch, Marion Jacquot, Nico W. van den Brink, Patrick Giraudoux
    Pages 195-227
  7. Development of Resistance to Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Rodents

    • Philippe Berny, Alexandra Esther, Jens Jacob, Colin Prescott
    Pages 259-286
  8. An International Perspective on the Regulation of Rodenticides

    • John D. Eisemann, Penny M. Fisher, Alan Buckle, Simon Humphrys
    Pages 287-318
  9. Anticoagulants and Risk Mitigation

    • Alan Buckle, Colin Prescott
    Pages 319-355
  10. Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife: Concluding Remarks

    • Nico W. van den Brink, John E. Elliott, Richard F. Shore, Barnett A. Rattner
    Pages 379-386
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 387-398

About this book

Commensal rodents pose health risks and cause substantial damage to property and food supplies. Rats have also invaded islands and pose a serious threat to native wildlife, particularly raptors and seabirds. Estimates of total damage from introduced rats range into the billions of dollars in developed countries. This book aims to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the scientific advancements in the assessment of exposure, effects and risks that currently used rodenticides may pose to non-target organisms in the environment, along with practical guidance for characterization of hazards. This will be discussed in relation to their efficacy, and the societal needs for rodent control, and discussion of Ā risk mitigation and development of alternatives. The flow in the book is planned as: a.Ā Ā Ā  introduction and setting the scene b.Ā Ā Ā  problem description (risks and effects on non-targets and secondary poisoning, development of resistance) c.Ā Ā ;Ā  alternatives, regulation and risk mitigation d.Ā Ā Ā  conclusions and recommendations

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Nico W. van den Brink

  • Environment and Climate Change Canada, Science and Technology Branch, Delta, Canada

    John E. Elliott

  • Natural Environment Research Council, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, United Kingdom

    Richard F. Shore

  • U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Beltsville, USA

    Barnett A. Rattner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife

  • Editors: Nico W. van den Brink, John E. Elliott, Richard F. Shore, Barnett A. Rattner

  • Series Title: Emerging Topics in Ecotoxicology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64377-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64375-5Published: 22 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87777-8Published: 05 September 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64377-9Published: 09 November 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1868-1344

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-1352

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 398

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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