Corticosterone levels in relation to trace element contamination along an urbanization gradient in the common blackbird (Turdus merula)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-101

  Meillère, Alizée ^a   Brischoux, François ^a   Bustamante, Paco ^a   Michaud, Bruno ^a   Parenteau, Charline ^a   Marciau, Coline ^a   Angelier, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Passerine birds; Stress physiology; Trace metals; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); PHYSIOLOGY; URBAN GROWTH;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PASSERINE BIRDS; STRESS PHYSIOLOGIES; TRACE METAL; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; CORTICOSTERONE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STEROID; TRACE ELEMENT; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLACKBIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VERTEBRATE; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEATHER; FRANCE; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; FRANCE; MALE; METALS; SONGBIRDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84969257252     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.014     Document Type: Article

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