Avian urate spheres : a non-invasive method to biomonitor environmental pollution and stress in birds

Birds are commonly used as biomonitors of environmental pollution, with most tests involving invasive or destructive sampling techniques. The need to develop and validate non-invasive techniques has long been recognised. From blood, eggs, feathers or guano, the last shows most promise in this field....

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Main Author: Clapp, James Bruce
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555976