The use of passerine feathers to evaluate heavy metal pollution in central Portugal

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-356

  Costa, R A ^a   Petronilho, J M S ^b   Soares, A M V M ^c   Vingada, J V ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Do Aveiro ^*  (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d Portuguese Wildlife Society Estação de Campo de Quiaios   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Heavy metal pollution; Passerine bird feathers

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; POLLUTION;

CENTRAL PORTUGAL; FOREST HABITATS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; METAL CONTAMINATION; PASSERINE BIRDS; REFERENCE SITES; SAMPLING STRATEGIES;

HEAVY METALS;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79952697949     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0212-4     Document Type: Article

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