Long-term declines in eggshell thickness of Dutch thrushes Turdus spp.

Ardea

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-211

  Scharlemann, Jörn P W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg shell thinning; Netherlands; T. philomelos; T. viscivorus; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

EGGSHELL; PASSERINE; PESTICIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PASSERIFORMES; TURDIDAE; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS; TURDUS TORQUATUS; TURDUS VISCIVORUS;

EID: 1842765647     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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