Breeding performance of passerines in a polluted oasis habitat in southern Tunisia

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 170-175

  Alaya Ltifi, Leila ^a   Chokri, Mohamed Ali ^a   Selmi, Slaheddine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Breeding performance; Oasis; Passerines; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CLUTCH SIZE; HABITAT USE; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLACKBIRD; BREEDING; CHICK; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORPHEAN WARBLER; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; RUFOUS BUSH ROBIN; SERINUS SERINUS; SPECIES HABITAT; TUNISIA; WOODCHAT SHRIKE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TUNISIA;

PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84858278240     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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