Fluctuating asymmetry in great tit nestlings in relation to diet quality, calcium availability and pollution exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3303-3309

  Sillanpää, Saila ^a   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a   Eeva, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Calcium; Carotenoids; Diet quality; Fluctuating asymmetry; Lutein

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOIDS; CONTROL GROUPS; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FOOD QUALITY; GREAT TIT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS; NATURAL FOOD; PARUS MAJOR; PHENOTYPIC QUALITY; POLLUTED AREA; RANDOM DEVIATION;

AIR QUALITY; CALCIUM; ECOLOGY; NUTRITION; PIGMENTS;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DIET; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FOOD QUALITY; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TAIL FEATHER;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; METALS, HEAVY;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77953709248     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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