Environmental pollution affects the plumage color of great tit nestlings through Carotenoid Availability

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 328-337

  Eeva, Tapio ^a   Sillanpää, Saila ^a   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a   Nikkinen, Lauri ^a   Tuominen, Anu ^a   Toivonen, Eija ^a   Pihlaja, Kalevi ^a   Lehikoinen, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Carotenoids; Heavy metal pollution; Oxidative stress; Parus major; Plumage color

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CATERPILLAR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGG YOLK; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PIGMENTATION; PLASMA; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; ANIMAL; EGG; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEATHERS; METALS, HEAVY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 64049088882     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-008-0184-y     Document Type: Article

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