Interrelationships among feather mercury content, body condition and feather corticosterone in a Neotropical migratory bird, the Purple Martin (Progne subis subis).

Branco JM, Hingst-Zaher E, Jordan-Ward R, Dillon D, Siegrist J, Fischer JD, Schiesari L, von Hippel FA, Buck CL. Interrelationships among feather mercury content, body condition and feather corticosterone in a Neotropical migratory bird, the Purple Martin (Progne subis subis). Environ Pollut. 2022 Dec 01; 314:120284.

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Animals
Corticosterone
Feathers
Mercury
Retrospective Studies
Swallows

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Frank von Hippel

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