| Abstract: | Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) are frequently used as test animals for wildlife tests of pesticides. The organophosphate and carbamate pesticides that have replaced the organochlorines have many desirable properties, but they span a wide range of acute toxicities and some of them affe,ct survival, reproduction, food consumption, behavior, and nervous system enzymes in laboratory tests. Applying these laboratory findings to the field requires assumptions about the severity of exposure in the field. Direct field measurements show that birds may be exposed to significant amounts of these pesticides or even more toxic degradation products under some conditions. Adverse population effects may also result from depression of insect populations during the seasons when bobwhites rely on insects for food. |
| Genre: | Book chapter |
| ProdID: | 5210288 |
| Citation Author: | Stromborg, K.L. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Editor: | Schitoskey, Frank=, Jr.; Schitoskey, Elizabeth C.; Talent, Larry G. (editors) |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Proceedings of the Second National Bobwhite Quail Symposium |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iii, 96 |
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| Citation Publisher: | Oklahoma State University |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Modern pesticides and bobwhite populations; 1982; Book chapter; Proceedings of the Second National Bobwhite Quail Symposium; Stromborg, K.L. |
| Citation Start Page: | 69 |
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| Citation Year: | 1982 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Modern pesticides and bobwhite populations; 1982; Book chapter; Proceedings of the Second National Bobwhite Quail Symposium; Stromborg, K.L. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:23 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Oklahoma State University |
