Food-chain residues of organochlorine pesticides probably have been involved in declines of some U.S. bat populations; examples include free-tailed bats at Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, and the endangered gray bat at sites in Missouri and Alabama. If a long-lived contaminant has not been dispersed in large amounts over large areas, its impact may be controlled by administrative action that stops its use or other environmental discharge, or that results in physical isolation of localized contamination so that it no longer enters food chains
Additional publication details
Publication type:
Book chapter
Publication Subtype:
Book Chapter
Title:
Environmental contaminants and the management of bat populations in the United States
Year Published:
1988
Language:
English
Publisher:
U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Publisher location:
Ft. Collins, CO
Contributing office(s):
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Description:
458
Larger Work Type:
Book
Larger Work Subtype:
Other Government Series
Larger Work Title:
Management of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals in North America: Proceedings of the Symposium, July 19-21, 1988, Flagstaff, Arizona
