The Effect of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on the Song of Two Passerine Species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  DeLeon, Sara ^a,b   Halitschke, Rayko ^a   Hames, Ralph S ^c   Kessler, André ^a   DeVoogd, Timothy J ^a   Dhondt, André A ^a,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; NONHUMAN; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS; POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; VOICE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TAPE RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84884223533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073471     Document Type: Article

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