Does fluctuating asymmetry constitute a sensitive biomarker of nutritional stress in house sparrows (Passer domesticus)?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 389-394

  Vangestel, Carl ^a   Lens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Nutritional stress; Passer domesticus; Ptilochronology

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; LEFT-RIGHT SYMMETRY; NUTRITIONAL STRESS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PTILOCHRONOLOGY;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOMARKER; CHRONOLOGY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HETEROGENEITY; PASSERINE; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 79954418000     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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