Exposure to dietary mercury alters cognition and behavior of zebra finches

Environmental stressors can negatively affect avian cognitive abilities, potentially reducing fitness, for example by altering response to predators, display to mates, or memory of locations of food. We expand on current knowledge by investigating the effects of dietary mercury, a ubiquitous environ...

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Published in:Curr Zool
Main Authors: Swaddle, John P., Diehl, Tessa R., Taylor, Capwell E., Fanaee, Aaron S., Benson, Jessica L., Huckstep, Neil R., Cristol, Daniel A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Special Column: Conservation Concerns in Behavioral Toxicology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804164/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29491979
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zox007
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