Roe and red deer antlers as bioindicators of pollution of deer habitats by lead and fluoride

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Kierdorf, Uwe ^a   Kierdorf, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antlers; Bioindication; Biomonitoring; Bone mineralization; Environmental pollution

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 33846144716     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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