Courtship behavior of captive American kestrels (Falco sparverius) exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-220

  Fisher, S A ^a   Bortolotti, G R ^a   Fernie, K J ^b   Smits, J E ^a   Marchant, T A ^a   Drouillard, K G ^c   Bird, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COURTSHIP; HORMONE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; EGG; FEMALE; FLIGHT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAPTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0034910614     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002440010240     Document Type: Article

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