Exposure to residual concentrations of elements from a remediated coal fly ash spill does not adversely influence stress and immune responses of nestling tree swallows

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Beck, Michelle L ^a   Hopkins, William A ^a   Hallagan, John J ^a   Jackson, Brian P ^b   Hawley, Dana M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactericidal capacity; Cell mediated immunity; Element; Stress response; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983490089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cou018     Document Type: Article

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