PCBs in the eggs of eurasian kestrels indicate exposure to local pollution

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 452-456

  Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^a   Costantini, David ^a   Wright, Julian ^b   Casagrande, Stefania ^c   Shore, Richard F ^b  

^a Omis Italica   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BREEDING SEASON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DETECTION METHOD; EGG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALCONIFORMES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FALCONIFORMES; ITALY; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 53549097058     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[455:PITEOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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19. The study was supported by Omis italica. We thank also Terna S.p.A. (Alberto Olivieri and Fulvio Rossi) and Acea S.p.A. (Claudio Puliti) for providing logistics and support for studying birds in nest boxes mounted on their utility lines.