Beschreibung:
Toxicology expert Ron Kendall provides a way to learn more about environmental crises. Updating the extremely successful "Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling," he brings together a distinguished group of international contributors, who provide a global assessment of a range of environmental stressors, including pesticides, oil spills, and environmental contaminants, and their impact on wildlife populations.
Introduction and Overview. Environmental Toxicology of Munitions-Related Compounds: Nitroaromatics and Nitramines. Agriculture: Pesticides, Plants, and Biofuels. Influence of Pesticides and Environmental Contaminants on Emerging Diseases of Wildlife. Impacts of Contaminants and Pesticides on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Structure and Function. Impacts of Anthropogenic CO2 and Climate Change on the Biology of Terrestrial and Marine Systems. Statistical Models in Wildlife Toxicology. Global Perspectives on Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Issues. Ecological Risk Assessment and Emerging Issues in Wildlife Toxicology. Looking Forward: The Global Future of Wildlife Toxicology.