Trace metals, melanin-based pigmentation and their interaction influence immune parameters in feral pigeons (Columba livia)

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 521-529

  Chatelain, M ^a   Gasparini, J ^a   Frantz, A ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Heavy metals; Immunoecology; Plumage melanin; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; LEAD; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TRACE METAL; ZINC; METAL; POLLUTANT;

BIRD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MELANIN; PIGMENT; TRACE METAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; COLUMBA LIVIA; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PIGMENTATION; PLUMAGE COLORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MELANINS; METALS;

EID: 84955313333     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-016-1610-5     Document Type: Article

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