Can Excrement and Feathers of Nestling Songbirds Be Used as Biomonitors for Heavy Metal Pollution?

Tom Dauwe, Lieven Bervoets, Ronny Blust, +2

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

EcotoxicityMetal ContaminationHeavy Metal PollutionTrace MetalNestling Songbirds Be +4

Seasonal Changes in Courtship Song and the Medial Preoptic Area in Male European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Lauren V. Riters, Marcel Eens, Rianne Pinxten, +3

Hormones and Behavior

BiologyBreeding BehaviorCourtship SongAnimal BehaviourBioacoustics +10

Effects of heavy metal exposure on the condition and health of nestlings of the great tit (Parus major), a small songbird species

Ellen Janssens, Tom Dauwe, Rianne Pinxten, +3

Environmental Pollution

Evolutionary BiologyEntomologyGreat TitToxicologyMetal Toxicity +4

Extra-pair paternity and intraspecific brood parasitism in the European starling, Sturnus vulgaris: evidence from DNA fingerprinting

Rianne Pinxten, Olivier Hanotte, Marcel Eens, +3

Animal Behaviour

BiologyBreeding BehaviorEuropean StarlingKin RecognitionMolecular Ecology +12

Effects of heavy metal exposure on the condition and health of adult great tits (Parus major)

Tom Dauwe, Ellen Janssens, Marcel Eens

Environmental Pollution

ToxicologyAdult Great TitsHeavy Metal ExposureMetal Toxicity

The reproductive success and quality of blue tits (Parus caeruleus) in a heavy metal pollution gradient

Tom Dauwe, Ellen Janssens, Rianne Pinxten, +1

Environmental Pollution

Parus CaeruleusBreeding BehaviorReproductive SuccessBlue TitsEvolutionary Biology +5

Breeding performance of great tits (<i>Parus major</i>) along a gradient of heavy metal pollution

Ellen Jans Sens, Tom Dauwe, Rianne Pinxten, +1

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Breeding BehaviorReproductive SuccessFertilityFitnessGreat Tits +11

The use of blue tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool for organohalogenated pollutants in the European environment

Evi Van den Steen, R. Pinxten, Adrian Covaci, +12

The Science of The Total Environment

Environmental ChemistryBlue Tit EggsEngineeringEcotoxicityEnvironmental Engineering +11

Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Anders Pape Møller, Frank Adriaensen, A. V. Artemyev, +79

Ecology and Evolution

BiologyBreeding BehaviorReproductive SuccessFitnessWildlife Ecology +12

The combined effect of lead exposure and high or low dietary calcium on health and immunocompetence in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Tinne Snoeijs, Tom Dauwe, Rianne Pinxten, +3

Environmental Pollution

Animal PhysiologyNutritionLead ExposureDietary ExposureEnvironmental Health +8