Elevated mortality among birds in Chernobyl as judged from skewed age and sex ratios

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Bonisoli Alquati, Andrea ^b   Rudolfsen, Geir ^c   Mousseau, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ABNORMALITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SKEWED AGE; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; UKRAINE;

EID: 84859579684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035223     Document Type: Article

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