Selenium accumulation in European Starlings nesting in a selenium-contaminated environment

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 862-869

  Santolo, Gary M ^a  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Blood selenium; Depuration; Egg selenium; European Starling; Liver selenium; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 38349014671     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[862:SAIESN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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