Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife

Foreword.- 1. Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife: Introduction.- 2. Use of anticoagulant rodenticides in different applications around the world.- 3. Anticoagulant rodenticide toxicity to non-target wildlife under controlled exposure conditions.- 4. Pharmacokinetics of anticoagulant rodenticides in target and non-target organisms.- 5. Ante-mortem and post-mortem signs of anticoagulant rodenticide toxicosis in birds of prey.- 6. Primary exposure and effects in non-target animals.- 7. Secondary exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides and effects on predators.- 8. Spatial dimensions of the risks of rodenticide use to non-target small mammals and applications in spatially explicit risk modeling.- 9. Ecological factors driving uptake of anticoagulant rodenticides in predators.- 10. Development of resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in rodents.- 11. An international perspective on the regulation of rodenticides.- 12. Anticoagulants and risk mitigation.- 13. Perspectives on existingand potential new alternatives to anticoagulant rodenticides and the implications for integrated pest management.- 14. Anticoagulant rodenticides and wildlife: concluding remarks.