Effects of pollution on land snail abundance, size and diversity as resources for pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4165-4169

  Eeva, Tapio ^a   Rainio, Kalle ^a   Suominen, Otso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Calcium availability; Ficedula hypoleuca; Heavy metal; Land snail

Indexed keywords

EGG SHELLS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; HABITAT CHANGE; IN-SHELL; LAND SNAIL; LAND SNAILS; POLLUTED AREA; POLLUTION GRADIENT; POLLUTION SOURCES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

AIR QUALITY; CALCIUM; ECOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; SMELTING;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

COPPER;

ABUNDANCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CALCIUM; HEAVY METAL; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; SNAIL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PASSERIFORMES; SNAILS;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; GASTROPODA; PASSERIFORMES; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 77954622001     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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