Small mammal populations and community under conditions of extremely high thallium contamination in the environment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-7

  Dmowski, Krzysztof ^a   Kozakiewicz, Anna ^a   Kozakiewicz, Michalł ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age structure; Heavy metals; Small mammals; Species composition; Thallium; Zinc plants

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MAMMAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SMELTING; THALLIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POLAND; SMELTER;

POLAND;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031670749     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1998.1660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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