Population-level impacts of chemical contaminants on apex avian species
We undertook short case studies of how (i) dieldrin and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) affected populations of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) and other birds of prey in Britain and (ii) diclofenac impacted vulture populations across in south-east (SE) Asia. In both cases, high levels...
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ftuhipublicatio:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/c6609baf-e7f1-4e95-b72d-34d1093b6c2d 2024-06-23T07:52:37+00:00 Population-level impacts of chemical contaminants on apex avian species Shore, Richard F. Taggart, Mark A. 2019-10-31 application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/c6609baf-e7f1-4e95-b72d-34d1093b6c2d https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2019.06.007 https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/3980670/Accepted_version.docx http://www.mendeley.com/research/populationlevel-impacts-chemical-contaminants-apex-avian-species https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2468584419300273 eng eng https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/c6609baf-e7f1-4e95-b72d-34d1093b6c2d info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Shore , R F & Taggart , M A 2019 , ' Population-level impacts of chemical contaminants on apex avian species ' , Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health , vol. 11 , pp. 65-70 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2019.06.007 Organochlorines Pharmaceuticals Population crash monitoring Raptor Vulture article 2019 ftuhipublicatio https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2019.06.007 2024-05-27T23:56:27Z We undertook short case studies of how (i) dieldrin and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) affected populations of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) and other birds of prey in Britain and (ii) diclofenac impacted vulture populations across in south-east (SE) Asia. In both cases, high levels of (contaminated-mediated) acute mortality largely drove the population crashes and resulted in near extinctions of raptor species in several countries. Impaired, or naturally low, rates of reproduction likely limited recovery rates. The studies illustrate the huge, long-lived impacts that contaminants can have on bird populations. They changed our scientific understanding of the importance of different exposure routes and influenced how we now conduct monitoring and risk assessment. They also demonstrated the value of long-term population monitoring and archived specimens for identifying the causal factors and mechanisms behind the population crashes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Falco peregrinus peregrine falcon University of the Highlands and Islands: Research Database of UHI Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 11 65 70 |
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We undertook short case studies of how (i) dieldrin and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) affected populations of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) and other birds of prey in Britain and (ii) diclofenac impacted vulture populations across in south-east (SE) Asia. In both cases, high levels of (contaminated-mediated) acute mortality largely drove the population crashes and resulted in near extinctions of raptor species in several countries. Impaired, or naturally low, rates of reproduction likely limited recovery rates. The studies illustrate the huge, long-lived impacts that contaminants can have on bird populations. They changed our scientific understanding of the importance of different exposure routes and influenced how we now conduct monitoring and risk assessment. They also demonstrated the value of long-term population monitoring and archived specimens for identifying the causal factors and mechanisms behind the population crashes. |
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Population-level impacts of chemical contaminants on apex avian species |
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