Contaminant exposure in relation to spatio-temporal variation in diet composition: A case study of the little owl (Athene noctua)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 163, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-116

  Schipper, Aafke M ^a   Wijnhoven, Sander ^b   Baveco, Hans ^c   Van Den Brink, Nico W ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Exposure modeling; Functional response; Soil contamination; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; DIETARY EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE LEVEL; EXPOSURE MODELING; FLOOD PLAINS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROUND BEETLES; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DENSITIES; RHINE RIVER; SMALL MAMMALS; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE METAL CONTAMINATIONS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MODELING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOXICITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ATHENA NOCTUA; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OWL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VOLE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMALS; METALS; NETHERLANDS; OLIGOCHAETA; STRIGIFORMES;

RHINE RIVER;

ATHENE NOCTUA; CARABIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS;

EID: 84855815251     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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