Managing the risk of invasive species: How well do functional traits determine invasion strategy and success?
✍ Scribed by Scott M Weir; Christopher J Salice
- Publisher
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1551-3777
- DOI
- 10.1002/ieam.171
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✦ Synopsis
Conclusions
Our results to date support those of Driver et al. (1991), Mineau et al. (1990) and others who have demonstrated the relative importance of nondietary exposure. It is increasingly clear that all avian regulatory assessments of liquid pesticide formulations are fundamentally flawed. Without a consideration of exposure routes other than the dietary route, government regulators have no credible basis for assessing the safety of any pesticide to birds. The faster we accept this fact, and resources are redirected to the necessary research, the sooner we will be able to provide the tools needed for risk assessment.