Dietary exposure to technical hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) alters courtship, incubation and parental behaviors in American kestrels (Falco sparverius)

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1077-1083

  Marteinson, Sarah C ^a   Bird, David M ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^b   Sullivan, Katrina M ^a   Ritchie, Ian J ^a   Fernie, Kim J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; HBCD; Hexabromocyclododecane; Kestrel; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; OILS AND FATS;

BEHAVIOR; HBCD; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; KESTREL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE;

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COURTSHIP; DIET; EGG SIZE; HATCHING; INCUBATION; NEST BOX; NESTLING; PAIR BOND; PARENTAL CARE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FEMALE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 84865793163     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.073     Document Type: Article

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