书目名称 | Wildlife Ecotoxicology | 副标题 | Forensic Approaches | 编辑 | John E. Elliott,Christine A. Bishop,Christy A. Mor | 视频video | | 概述 | Investigates the cause and effect relationships between environmental toxicants and vertebrate wildlife populations.Forensic toxicology is an important part of that field and focuses on identifying in | 丛书名称 | Emerging Topics in Ecotoxicology | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Many books have now been published in the broad field of environmental toxicology. However, to date, none of have presented the often fascinating stories of the wildlife science, and the steps along the way from discovery of problems caused by environmental pollutants to the regulatory and non-regulatory efforts to address the problems. This book provides case by case examinations of how toxic chemical effects on wildlife have brought about policy and regulatory decisions, and positive changes in environmental conditions. Wild animal stories, whether they are about the disappearance of charismatic top predators, or of grossly deformed embryos or frogs, provide powerful symbols that can and have captured the public‘s imagination and have resulted in increased awareness by decision makers. It is the intent of this book to present factual and balanced overviews and summaries of the science and the subsequent regulatory processes that followed to effect change (or not). We cover a variety of chemicals and topics beginning with an update of the classic California coastal DDT story of eggshell thinning and avian reproduction to more recent cases, such as the veterinarian pharmaceuti | 出版日期 | Book 2011 | 关键词 | Ecology; Environment; Pollutants; Toxic; ecotoxicology | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89432-4 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4614-2965-4 | isbn_ebook | 978-0-387-89432-4Series ISSN 1868-1344 Series E-ISSN 1868-1352 | issn_series | 1868-1344 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 |
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