Feather development under environmental stress: Lead exposure effects on growth patterns in Great Tits Parus major

Bird Study

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-117

  Talloen, Willem ^a   Lens, Luc ^b   Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Matthysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEATHER; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGENERATION; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 41449100120     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461511     Document Type: Article

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