Cadmium, lead, and mercury levels in feathers of small passerine birds: Noninvasive sampling strategy

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2064-2070

  Bianchi, Nicola ^a   Ancora, Stefania ^a   Fazio, Noemi Di ^a   Leonzio, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Falco eleonorae; Feathers; Metals; Multivariate statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; RANDOM VARIABLES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIRDS; FALCO ELEONORAE; FEATHERS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

METAL ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; FEATHER; HEAVY METAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASSERINE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALCO ELEONORAE; FEATHER; HABITAT; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHERS; FREEZE DRYING; ITALY; LEAD; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PASSERIFORMES; SOIL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AVES; FALCO ELEONORAE; FALCONIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 53949110076     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-403.1     Document Type: Article

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