The short‐term effects on wild goose behaviour of chlorpyrifos application to permanent pasture
作者:
R.O. CLEMENTS,
P. J. MURRAY,
C. J. TYAS,
期刊:
Annals of Applied Biology
(WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 120,
issue 1
页码: 17-23
ISSN:0003-4746
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1992.tb03399.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Wild geese (Brantaspp.);chlorpyrifos;pasture feeding behaviour
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
SummaryChlorpyrifos (Spannit 48% e.c.; PBI) was applied at the recommended rate of 0.72 kg a.i./ha to two pastures on which either Brent Geese (Branta bernicla) or Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) were grazing. Observations of the number of geese and their behaviour were made on two or three occasions before spraying and four or five occasions after. Observations enabled an activity index and a count of pecks/minute to be calculated. No changes in the numbers or behaviour of the geese that could be attributed to chlorpyrifos application were found. Thorough searches were made for cadavers of the experimental fields, their environs and the roosts the day after other observations were made. Only one cadaver was found which had died as a result of swallowing angling equipment. Samples for chlorpyrifos residue analysis in the herbage and goose faeces showed no chlorpyrifos to be present prior to spraying the fields and that the chemical was present after spraying in both the herbage and faeces but fell to negligible levels within a few days. At least in the short‐term, chlorpyrifos application to pasture appeared to have no perceptible or statistically significant effect on goose behaviour or well‐be
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