Land Use as a Driver of Patterns of Rodenticide Exposure in Modeled Kit Fox Populations

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 8; p. e0133351
• Main Authors: Nogeire, Theresa M, Lawler, Joshua J, Schumaker, Nathan H, Cypher, Brian L, Phillips, Scott E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 05.08.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agriculture; Agrochemicals; Animal behavior; Animals; Anticoagulants - poisoning; Birds; Endangered species; Environmental Exposure; Environmental protection; Exposure; Foxes; Habitats; Land cover; Land use; Landscape; Models, Theoretical; Pesticides; Populations; Residential density; Rodenticides; Rodenticides - poisoning; Rodents; United States; Vulpes macrotis; Vulpes macrotis mutica; Wildlife; Wildlife conservation; United States; New Zealand; Sacramento California; Washington DC; California; France; United States > US

Although rodenticides are increasingly regulated, they nonetheless cause poisonings in many non-target wildlife species. Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide use is common in agricultural and residential landscapes. Here, we use an individual-based population model to assess potential populat...