The biogeochemistry of insectivorous cave guano: a case study from insular Southeast Asia

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2015, Pages 163-175

  Wurster, Christopher M ^a   Munksgaard, Niels ^a,b   Zwart, Costijn ^a   Bird, Michael ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Contaminant; Exploration; Faeces; Metals

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIRD; CAVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INSECTIVORE; SEABIRD; TRANSITION ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

BATU CAVES; MALAYSIA; MIMAROPA; PALAWAN [MIMAROPA]; PALAWAN [PALAWAN (PRV)]; PHILIPPINES; SELANGOR; WEST MALAYSIA;

AERODRAMUS; AVES;

EID: 84930273831     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0089-0     Document Type: Article

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