Do wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus L.) use food selection as a means to reduce heavy metal intake?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 599-607

  Beernaert, Joke ^a   Scheirs, Jan ^a   Van Den Brande, Greet ^a   Leirs, Herwig ^a   Blust, Ronny ^b   De Meulenaer, Bruno ^c   Van Camp, John ^c   Verhagen, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Ecophysiology   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acorn; Apodemus sylvaticus; Food selection; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION DETECTION;

ACORN; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; FOOD SELECTION; NUTRIENT CONTENTS;

FOOD SUPPLY;

HEAVY METAL;

CONTAMINATED LAND; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HEAVY METAL; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; COMPETITOR SPECIES; ENDOSPERM; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LABORATORY TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POLLUTION; PREDATOR; RODENT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCES; HAIR; METALS, HEAVY; MURINAE; QUERCUS; SOIL;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; MUS;

EID: 38849207887     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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