Birds prefer to breed in sites with low radioactivity in Chernobyl

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1616, 2007, Pages 1443-1448

  Moller A P ^a   Mousseau, T A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Dose rate; Hatching success; Laying date

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SITE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; HATCHING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST BOX; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; RADIOACTIVITY; SITE SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREED; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG LAYING; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; HABITAT QUALITY; HATCHING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REPRODUCTION;

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

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 34447304849     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0005     Document Type: Article

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