Effects of environmental change on wildlife health

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1534, 2009, Pages 3429-3438

  Acevedo Whitehouse, Karina ^a   Duffus, Amanda L J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stressors; Environmental change; Health; Immunocompetence; Survival; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PEPTIDE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72949114233     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0128     Document Type: Review

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