Heavy metal pollution affects dawn singing behaviour in a small passerine bird

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 504-509

  Gorissen, Leen ^a   Snoeijs, Tinne ^a   Van Duyse, Els ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Contaminant exposure; Developmental stress; Repertoire size; Singing behaviour

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMARKER; HEAVY METAL; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SONG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SONGBIRD; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; PASSERIFORMES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 26044461890     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0091-7     Document Type: Article

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