Migratory bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) transport arsenic and concentrate it to lethal effect by estivating gregariously in alpine regions of the snowy mountains of Australia

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-80

  Green, Ken ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARSENIC; ESTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOTH; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS; SNOWY MOUNTAINS;

AGROTIS; AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 38949138776     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-100)[GREEN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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