Spatial and temporal variation of lead, cadmium, and zinc in feathers of great tit and blue tit nestlings in central Poland

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 507-518

  Markowski, Marcin ^a   Bańbura, Mirosława ^a   Kaliński, Adam ^a   Markowski, Janusz ^a   Skwarska, Joanna ^a   Wawrzyniak, Jarosław ^a   Zieliński, Piotr ^a   Bańbura, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; RAIN; ZINC; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; FEATHER; FOREST; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; POLAND; POLLUTANT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; SONGBIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; LEAD; PASSERIFORMES; POLAND; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZINC;

EID: 84919875034     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-014-0028-4     Document Type: Article

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