Levels of asymmetry in Formica pratensis retz. (hymenoptera, insecta) from a chronic metal-contaminated site

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1433-1440

  Rabitsch, Wolfgang Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic metal pollution; Developmental stability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Formica pratensis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; METAL; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER;

ANIMALIA; FORMICA PRATENSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030788721     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1433:LOAIFP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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