Diet composition as a cause of different contaminant exposure in two sympatric passerines in the Middle Urals, Russia

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-72

  Belskii, Eugen ^a   Belskaya, Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Contaminant exposure; Diet; Ficedula hypoleuca; Heavy metal; Parus ater

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

CADMIUM; COPPER; DIET; HEAVY METAL; LARVA; LEAD; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIPTERA; DRY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLLUSC; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARUS ATER; PREY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SONGBIRD; SPIDER;

CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; DIET; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; HEAVY METAL; PARUS ATER;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; PASSERIFORMES; RUSSIA; SPIDERS;

URALS;

ARANEAE; AVES; DIPTERA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLLUSCA; PARUS ATER;

EID: 84884206430     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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