Journal article
HEALTH OF TREE SWALLOWS (TACHYCINETA BICOLOR) NESTING IN PESTICIDE-SPRAYED APPLE ORCHARDS IN ONTARIO, CANADA. II. SEX AND THYROID HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS AND TESTES DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
To investigate the effects of pesticides on wild birds, sex (17beta-estradiol; testosterone) and thyroid (triiodothyronine (T3) hormone concentrations, body mass, and testes mass were measured and the development of testes was evaluated in wild tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting in four sprayed apple orchards and three nonsprayed sites in southern Ontario, Canada, in 1995-1996. In orchards, birds were exposed to asmany as 11 individual …
Authors
Bishop CA; Van Der Kraak GJ; Ng P; Smits JE; Hontela A
Journal
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, Vol. 55, No. 8, pp. 561–581
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
December 15, 1998
DOI
10.1080/009841098158250
ISSN
1528-7394