Agricultural intensity in ovo affects growth, metamorphic development and sexual differentiation in the Common toad (Bufo bufo)

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 901-911

  Orton, Frances ^a,b   Routledge, Edwin ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Endocrine disruption; Herbicides; Intersex; Pesticides; Pollution

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

AMPHIBIAN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HERBICIDE; INTERSEX; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GONAD; GROWTH DISORDER; HATCHING; LARVAL STAGE; LIMB MALFORMATION; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; SURVIVOR; TADPOLE; THYROID GLAND; TOAD;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRESH WATER; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; PESTICIDES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 79955898886     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0658-5     Document Type: Article

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