Research Catalog

Title

Wildlife toxicology and population modeling : integrated studies of agroecosystems : proceedings of the Ninth Pellston Workshop, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, July 22-27, 1990 / edited by Ronald J. Kendall, Thomas E. Lacher.

Author

Pellston Environmental Workshop (9th : 1990 : Kiawah Island, S.C.)

Publication

Boca Raton, Fla. : Lewis Publishers, ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kendall, Ronald J.
• Lacher, Thomas E.
• SETAC (Society)
• SETAC Foundation for Environmental Education.

Description

576 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Series Statement

SETAC special publications series

Uniform Title

SETAC special publications series

Subjects

• Biological models > Congresses
• Bird populations > Congresses
• Animal populations > Congresses
• Pesticides > Toxicology > Congresses
• Birds > Effect of pesticides on > Congresses
• Pesticides and wildlife > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• "Publication sponsored by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) and the SETAC Foundation for Environmental Education."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Using Information Derived from Wildlife Toxicology to Model Effects of Agricultural Pesticides and Other Environmental Contaminants on Wildlife Populations / Ronald J. Kendall -- 2. Incorporating Concepts from Population and Behavioral Ecology into Models of Exposure to Toxins and Risk Assessment / H. Ronald Pulliam -- 3. Ecological Risk Assessment in the Office of Pesticide Programs / Anne L. Barton -- 4. What is Measurable in Wildlife Toxicology? / Richard E. Warner -- 5. Non-Lethal Wildlife Monitoring to Determine Exposure to Xenobiotics and Resulting Impacts / G. P. Cobb and M. J. Hooper -- 6. Measurements of Toxicity and Critical Stages of Development / David J. Hoffman -- 7. What is Measurable in Wildlife Toxicology: Field Assessment / Larry W. Brewer and Roy A. Hummell -- 8. The Building Blocks for Ecological Modeling in Wildlife Toxicology / Richard E. Warner -- 9. Critical Parameters in Population Studies / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. -- 10. Assessing the Impact of Toxic Chemicals: Temporal and Spatial Variation in Avian Survival Rates / Andrew Dobson and Peter Hudson -- 11. Population-Phenogenetic Approach for Ecological Monitoring (a Biotest) / Vladimir Zakharov -- 12. Use of Space and Habitats by Individuals and Populations: Dynamics and Risk Assessment / Michael A. Bowers -- 13. Modeling Avian Foraging: Implications for Assessing the Ecological Effects of Pesticides / Gary E. Belovsky -- 14. Direct and Indirect Pathways in Spatially Structured Habitats / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. -- 15. Modeling Ecological Impacts of Pesticides on Avian Populations / M. Craig Barber -- 16. Fate and Exposure Modeling in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Process Approach / Sandra L. Bird -- 17. Applications of a Modified Richards Sigmoid Model to Assess the Uptake and Effects of Environmental Contaminants upon Birds / I. Lehr Brisbin -- 18. Impacts of Toxicants on Population Dynamics and Gene Diversity in Avian Species / Ronald K. Chesser, Kevin B. Willis and Nancy E. Matthews -- 19. Models of Structured Populations: Age and Mass Transition Matrices / Norman A. Slade -- 20. Approaches to Modeling / M. Craig Barber -- 21. Extending Laboratory Results to the Field / Christian E. Grue -- 22. Acute and Subacute Toxicology in Evaluation of Pesticide Hazard to Avian Wildlife / Elwood F. Hill -- 23. The Role of In Vitro Studies in Ecological Hazard Assessments / Richard T. Di Giulio, Evan P. Gallagher and Clifford Habig -- 24. Do Behavioral Responses to Pesticide Exposure Affect Wildlife Population Parameters? / Richard S. Bennett -- 25. Immunotoxicology of Captive and Wild Birds / Anne Fairbrother -- 26. Modeling the Effects of Pesticides on Wildlife: The Need to Evaluate our Leaps of Faith and Pious Hopes / Christian E. Grue -- 27. Monitoring Data as a Source of Information for Modelers / Sarah Gerould -- 28. The Role of Monitoring in Assessing Pesticide Effects on Avian Species and their Habitats / Donald W. Steffeck -- 29. Population Patterns and Process Parameters -- Issues in Integrating Monitoring and Models / Raymond J. O'Connor -- 30. Understanding the Impact of Pesticides on Wild Birds by Monitoring Incidents of Poisoning / Peter W. Greig-Smith -- 31. Comparative Avian Toxicology: What Is Its Role in Predicting and Monitoring the Effects of Agricultural Pesticides? / Edward W. Schafer -- 32. Monitoring Avian Populations for Pesticide Exposure and Effects: Uses and Cautions for Ecological Modelers / Sarah Gerould -- 33. Applying Life History, Food Web, Population Viability, and Genetic Models to Pesticide Studies / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. -- 34. Life Historical Consequences of Pesticides and Other Insults to Vital Rates / Joseph S. Meyer and Mark S. Boyce -- 35. What Food Web Analysis Can Contribute to Wildlife Toxicology / Donald L. DeAngelis -- 36. Adaptation of Mutagenicity and Clastogenicity Assays for Avian Species / Karen McBee -- 37. Analyzing and Monitoring Population Viability / Bruce G. Marcot -- 38. Theoretical Ecology and Research on Agroecosystems / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. -- 39. Experimental Design, Statistical Analysis, and Demographic Models / Michael R. Willig -- 40. Univariate and Multivariate Approaches to the Analysis of Ecotoxicological Data / Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. and Michael R. Willig -- 41. Statistical Issues for Field Experimenters / Philip M. Dixon and Karen A. Garrett -- 42. Statistical Aspects of Modeling Population Changes from Population Size Data / John R. Sauer, Richard J. Barker and Paul H. Geissler -- 43. Risk Assessment in Avian Toxicology Using Experimental and Epidemiological Approaches / John R. Skalski and Steven G. Smith -- 44. Statistical Approaches to Data Analysis in Wildlife Ecotoxicology / Michael R. Willig -- 45. The Future Application of Ecological Models in Environmental Risk Assessment / James A. Gagne -- 46. Population Models as Research Tools: An Empirical Perspective / Bill A. Williams and John Emlen -- 47. Limitations of Reductionist Approaches in Ecological Modeling: Model Evaluation, Model Complexity, and Environmental Policy / Louis J. Gross -- 48. The Environmental Protection Agency's Avian Pesticide Assessment Model / Ed Fite -- 49. Individual-Based Mathematical Modeling Approaches in Ecotoxicology: A Promising Direction for Aquatic Population and Community Ecological Risk Assessment / Thomas G. Hallam and Ray R. Lassiter -- 50. Integrating Ecological Modeling in Environmental Risk Assessment / James A. Gagne -- 51. Potential Use of the Mallard Model to Predict Effects of Pesticides on Mallard Reproduction in the Prairie-Pothole Region of North Dakota / Christian E. Grue, Michael W. Tome, George A. Swanson and Sarah Gerould -- 52. How Valuable are the Results of Models and Laboratory Studies when Extended to Field Situations? / Gary H. Heinz, Michael Brody and Lawrence J. Blus -- 53. Research and Development Needs / James Fava, James A. Gagne, Ronald J. Kendall, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr., Raymond J. O'Connor, Suzanne Orenstein, Rod Parrish and Bill A. Williams.

ISBN

• 0873715918
• 9780873715911

LCCN

93025189

OCLC

• ocm28254726
• 28254726
• SCSB-2003614

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library