Social paper wasps as bioindicators: a preliminary research with Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera Vespidae) as a trace metal accumulator

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 697-703

  Urbini, A ^a   Sparvoli, E ^b   Turillazzi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Lead; Social insects; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAD; SUBSTRATES;

BIOMONITORING; LARVAL FECAL MASSES; SOCIAL INSECTS; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION;

GASOLINE; LEAD; TRACE METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAD; SUBSTRATES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; FECES; LARVA; LEAD; SOCIAL INSECT; URBAN POLLUTION; WASP;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBIVORY; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; POLLUTION; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; POLISTES; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 33745638193     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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