Breeding performance of blue tits (Cyanistes cæruleus ultramarinus) in relation to lead pollution and nest failure rates in rural, intermediate, and urban sites in Algeria

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 174, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-178

  Brahmia, Zahra ^a   Scheifler, Renaud ^b   Crini, Nadia ^b   Maas, Samuel ^b   Giraudoux, Patrick ^b   Benyacoub, Slim ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b University of Franche Comté   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding; Pollution; Predation; Stress ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; BLUE TITS; BODY SIZES; BREEDING; BREEDING PERFORMANCE; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; FAILURE RATE; LEAD CONCENTRATION; LEAD CONTAMINATION; LEAD POLLUTION; PREDATION; RURAL SITE; STUDY SITES; URBAN SITE; URBANIZATION;

LEAD; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION; RURAL AREAS; TISSUE;

URBAN GROWTH;

LEAD;

BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEAD; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; RURAL AREA; URBAN SITE; URBANIZATION;

ALGERIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING METHOD; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDATION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; LEAD; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION;

ALGERIA;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 84871789703     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.11.028     Document Type: Article

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