Urbanization, Trace Metal Pollution, and Malaria Prevalence in the House Sparrow

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bichet, Coraline ^a   Scheifler, Renaud ^b   Cœurdassier, Michaël ^b   Julliard, Romain ^c   Sorci, Gabriele ^a   Loiseau, Claire ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c CP51   (France)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FOREST; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; POLLUTION; SPARROW; SPECIES HABITAT; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEATHERS; MALARIA; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SPARROWS; URBANIZATION;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PLASMODIUM RELICTUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872471096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053866     Document Type: Article

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