Mercury exposure affects the reproductive success of a free-living terrestrial songbird, the carolina wren (Thryothorus Ludovicianus)

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 759-769

  Jackson, Allyson K ^a,d   Evers, David C ^a   Etterson, Matthew A ^c   Condon, Anne M ^b   Folsom, Sarah B ^a   Detweiler, Jennifer ^a   Schmerfeld, John ^b   Cristol, Daniel A ^d  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Virginia Field Office   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Carolina wren; Ecotoxicology; Mercury; Nest success; Point source pollution; Thryothorus ludovicianus; Virginia

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEATHER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NESTING SUCCESS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AVES; PASSERI; THRYOTHORUS; THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 81855180546     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.11106     Document Type: Article

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