Long-term recovery of clutch size and egg shell quality of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in a metal polluted area

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 201, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-33

  Eeva, Tapio ^a   Lehikoinen, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Egg shell quality; Life history parameter; Metal pollution; Population density; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLUTCHES; DUST; ECOLOGY; METALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SMELTING;

EGG SHELLS; LIFE HISTORY; METAL POLLUTION; POPULATION DENSITIES; REPRODUCTION;

METAL RECOVERY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; SULFUR OXIDE; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; DANGEROUS GOODS; HEAVY METAL;

CLUTCH SIZE; CONTAMINATED LAND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGGSHELL; FOOD CHAIN; METAL; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; DUST; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EGG SHELL HATCHABILITY; EGG SHELL QUALITY; FEMALE; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; FINLAND; FLEDGLING NUMBER; FLYCATCHER; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; METAL POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; POLLUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SMELTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERIFORMES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; METALS, HEAVY; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84924254969     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.02.027     Document Type: Article

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