Are eggshells and egg contents of Great and Blue Tits suitable as indicators of heavy metal pollution?

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 439-447

  Dauwe, Tom ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a   Pinxten, Rianne ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Blue Tit; Eggs; Great Tit; Heavy metals; Parus caeruleus; Parus major

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; EGG; HEAVY METAL; PASSERINE; POLLUTION;

PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0032760376     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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