Modelling the impact of toxic and disturbance stress on white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) populations

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-36

  Korsman, John C ^a   Schipper, Aafke M ^a   Lenders, H J Rob ^a   Foppen, Ruud P B ^b   Hendriks, A Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DDE; DDT; PCB; Population dynamics; Sea eagle

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIRD; DDE; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MODELING; PCB; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EAGLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

NETHERLANDS;

ACCIPITRIDAE; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA;

EID: 84856273150     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0760-8     Document Type: Article

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