This review examined the mutagenicity and genotoxicity associated with exposure to
outdoor air pollutants in Brazil. A search was performed on the Web of Science database …

Urban environments are evolutionarily novel and differ from natural environments in many
respects including food and/or water availability, predation, noise, light, air quality …

Stressing agents can cause morphophysiological and behavioural changes in several
animals, including birds, which are good study models for environmental biomonitoring. The …

Free-living birds play an important role as bioindicators in natural environments. In this
study, we used the micronucleus test and nuclear erythrocyte abnormalities to investigate …

Changes in the amounts and proportions of leukocytes, known as leucocyte profiles, have
been documented for several bird species and have been used to measure stress levels in …

The increase of urbanization and agricultural activities is causing a dramatic reduction of
natural environments. As a consequence, animals need to physiologically adjust to these …

Urbanisation is accompanied by major environmental changes that impact the structure and
functioning of communities and ecosystems, bringing new selective regimes for animal …

Важной особенностью живых организмов является стабильность генома, т. е.
способность сохранять и передавать потомкам в неизменном виде генетический …

Raptors as top predators have been used as effective sentinels of environmental stressors in
agricultural areas worldwide. Pollutants in agricultural areas have negative effects on top …

Air pollution can generate changes in the morphology, physiology, and behavior of several
animals, including birds, which, when responding to such environmental changes, can be …