Traffic noise exposure affects telomere length in nestling house sparrows

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Meillère, Alizée ^a   Brischoux, François ^a   Ribout, Cécile ^a   Angelier, Frédéric ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic noise; Development; House sparrow; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BREEDING POPULATION; CHROMOSOME; FLEDGING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEST BOX; NESTLING; NOISE POLLUTION; PASSERINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPARROW; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ANIMALS; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; SPARROWS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84946607157     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0559     Document Type: Article

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