Physiological status of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) along an ozone pollution gradient.

ABSTRACT: Mexico City is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and one in which air contamination is considered a public health threat. Numerous studies have related high concentrations of particulate matter and ozone to several respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and a higher human mortality risk. However, almost all of those studies have focused on human health outcomes, and the effects of anthropogenic air pollution on wildlife species is still poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the impacts of air pollution in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) on house sparrows (Passer domesticus). We assessed two physiological responses commonly used as biomarkers: stress response (the corticosterone concentration in feathers), and constitutive innate immune response (the concen

SUBMITTER: Salaberria C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008774 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature