Influence of urbanization on body size, condition, and physiology in an urban exploiter: A multi-component approach

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Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Meillère, Alizée ^a   Brischoux, François ^a   Parenteau, Charline ^a   Angelier, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT; HEMATOCRIT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WESTERN EUROPE; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPARROWS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84943139702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135685     Document Type: Article

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