Bat mortality: pesticide poisoning and migratory stress
Geluso KN, Altenbach JS, Wilson DE. 1976. Bat mortality: pesticide poisoning and migratory stress. Science. 194(4261):184-186
Laboratory experiments on bats taken from Carlsbad Caverns indicated that the fast metabolism of fat at the time if departure for migratory flight leads to a toxic accumulation of pesticides in the brain. Studies were done at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Geluso, Kenneth; Altenbach, J.; Wilson, Don
- Units
- CAVE
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Mexican Free-Tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis), Mortality, Pesticides