Geographical and habitat differences in concentrations of copper, zinc and arsenic in eggshells of the Rook Corvus frugilegus in Poland

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-286

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a   Kasprzykowski, Zbigniew ^b   Dobicki, Wojciech ^c   Pokorny, Przemysław ^c   Polechoński, Ryszard ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENVIRONMENT   (Poland)

^b SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^c WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agricultural contaminants; Arsenic; Biomonitoring; Bird eggs; Pesticides; Rookeries; Soil contamination; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BREEDING POPULATION; COPPER; EGG; PASSERINE; PESTICIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

POLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

EID: 77951878422     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0453-8     Document Type: Article

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