A long-term increase in eggshell thickness of Greenlandic Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus tundrius

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 355, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 127-134

  Falk, Knud ^a   Møller, Søren ^b   Mattox, William G ^c  

^a Roskilde University Library ^*  (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Eggshell thickness; Falco peregrinus; Greenland; Peregrine Falcon

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ARCTIC; EGGSHELL THICKNESS; FALCO PEREGRINUS; GREENLAND;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

DDT; EGGSHELL; RAPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG SHELL; GREENLAND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DDT; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FALCONIFORMES; GREENLAND;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS TUNDRIUS;

EID: 31444446635     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.024     Document Type: Article

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