Long term trends in pollutant levels and shell thickness in eggs of merlin in Norway, in relation to its migration pattern and numbers

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Nygård, Torgeir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eggshell thinning; Merlin (Falco columbarius); Migration; Persistent pollutants; Population decline

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MERCURY; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

EGGSHELL; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIGRATION; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POLLUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NORWAY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO COLUMBARIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032766538     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008897211711     Document Type: Article

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