EFFECTS OF FIELD EXPOSURE TO DIAZINON ON SMALL MAMMALS INHABITING A SEMIENCLOSED PRAIRIE GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM. I. ECOLOGICAL AND REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS

摘要

The widespread use of cholinesterase-inhibiting pesticides in the environment presents increasing concerns about their effects on human, wildlife, and ecosystem health. As a group, these pesticides are generally highly toxic and have great potential for negatively affecting nontarget organisms. Small mammals have proven to ideal biomonitors of environmental contaminants, and were used here to test for possible effects of widely used cholinesterase-inhibiting insecticide, diazinon, in a natural field setting.