Condition, reproduction and survival of barn swallows from Chernobyl

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1102-1111

  Moller A P ^a   Mousseau, T A ^b   Milinevsky, G ^c   Peklo, A ^d   Pysanets, E ^d   Szep T ^e  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Ukrainian Antarctic Center   (Ukraine)

^d INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Body condition; Clutch size; Hatching success; Hirundo rustica; Nonbreeding; Population change; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FALLOUT; HATCHING; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

CERKASSY; CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KANEV; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33646093838     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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