Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of tree swallows: Implications for trace-element exposure after habitat remediation

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 575-587

  Beck, Michelle L ^a   Hopkins, William A ^a   Jackson, Brian P ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 6105 Fairchild Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOREMEDIATION; DIET; MOVEMENT; PASSERINE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPHEMEROPTERA; FLY ASH; FORAGE; HABITAT; INSECT; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOW (BIRD);

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; TACHYCINETA;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COAL ASH; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEASONS; SWALLOWS; TENNESSEE; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892585951     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-013-9913-5     Document Type: Article

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