Mercury in nelson's sparrow subspecies at breeding sites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Winder, Virginia L ^a   Emslie, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMMODRAMUS NELSONI; AMMODRAMUS NELSONI ALTERUS; AMMODRAMUS NELSONI NELSONI; AMMODRAMUS NELSONI SUBVIRGATUS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; NONHUMAN; SPARROW; SUBSPECIES; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; METHYLATION; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WETLAND;

AMMODRAMUS NELSONI; PASSERIDAE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH DAKOTA; ONTARIO; RISK; SPARROWS; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84857479700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032257     Document Type: Article

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