Fungi ingestion as an important factor influencing heavy metal intake in roe deer: Evidence from faeces

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 324, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 223-234

  Pokorny, Boštjan ^a   Al Sayegh Petkovšek, Samar ^a   Ribarič Lasnik, Cvetka ^a   Vrtačnik, Jaroslav ^b   Doganoc, Darinka Z ^c   Adamič, Miha ^c  

^a Inst for Ecol Res/Indust Coop   (Slovenia)

^b Holding Slovenske Elektrarne   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Faeces; Heavy metals; Higher fungi; Roe deer; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTRITION;

SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

FUNGI;

HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; DEER; DIET; FUNGUS; HEAVY METAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGARICUS; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COPRINUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTINARIUS; DEER; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; INGESTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DEER; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FECES; FUNGI; METALS, HEAVY; SEASONS; SPORES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGARICUS; AMANITA; ANIMALIA; BOLETUS; CALVATIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; COPRINUS; CORTINARIUS; ELAPHOMYCES; FUNGI; HYPHOLOMA; INOCYBE; LYCOPERDON; MACROLEPIOTA; PLUTEUS; RUSSULA; SUILLUS; XEROCOMUS;

EID: 1842635420     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.10.027     Document Type: Article

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