Great and blue tit feathers as biomonitors for heavy metal pollution

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 227-234

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Environmental indicators; Gender and age differences; Heavy metals; Passerines

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542307607     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1470-160x(02)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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