The use of a lacertid lizard as a model for reptile ecotoxicology studies - Part 1 Field demographics and morphology

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 757-764

  Amaral, Maria José ^a,b   Carretero, Miguel A ^b   Bicho, Rita C ^a   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^a   Mann, Reinier M ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Environmental contamination; Field study; Podarcis bocagei; Population; Reptile ecotoxicology

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PESTICIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; FIELD STUDIES; PODARCIS BOCAGEI; POPULATION; REPTILE ECOTOXICOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

ALACHLOR; CHLOROACETAMIDE; DICAMBA; GLYPHOSATE; PESTICIDE; TRIAZINE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SEX RATIO; SUBPOPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PODACRIS BOCAGEI; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS BOCAGEI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84858620290     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.075     Document Type: Article

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