Diet and Spatial Ecology Influence Red-Legged Partridge Exposure to Pesticides Used as Seed Treatment
Elena Fernández-Vizcaíno,
François Mougeot,
Xabier Cabodevilla
et al.
Abstract:Seed treatment with pesticides is an extended agricultural
practice
with a high risk to granivorous birds that consume those seeds. To
characterize that risk, it is necessary to understand the ecological
factors that determine the exposure chances of birds to treated seeds.
We investigated how pesticide uptake by red-legged partridges was
related to cultivated plant ingestion and to the use of recently sown
fields. We analyzed pesticide residues in 144 fecal samples from 32
flocks and determined the plant diet… Show more
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