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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University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
2011
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555976 |