No common pesticides detected in snow buntings utilizing a farmland landscape in eastern Québec
Many species of migratory birds are declining worldwide, including throughout North America. Some of the most cited causes of decline are linked to climate change, urbanization, and growth in agriculture. Across eastern Canada, a number of insecticides and herbicides are commonly sprayed before and...
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ftunivwindsor:oai:scholar.uwindsor.ca:glierpub-1491 2023-06-11T04:09:36+02:00 No common pesticides detected in snow buntings utilizing a farmland landscape in eastern Québec Ruhs, Emily Cornelius Love, Oliver P. Drainville, Louis Vézina, François 2021-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/glierpub/489 https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01979-160226 https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/glierpub/article/1491/viewcontent/ACE_ECO_2021_1979__1_.pdf unknown Scholarship at UWindsor https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/glierpub/489 doi:10.5751/ACE-01979-160226 https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/glierpub/article/1491/viewcontent/ACE_ECO_2021_1979__1_.pdf Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications Agriculture Atrazine Clothianidin Glyphosate Grain Imidacloprid Snow bunting Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology Biodiversity Biology Life Sciences Marine Biology text 2021 ftunivwindsor https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01979-160226 2023-05-06T19:11:12Z Many species of migratory birds are declining worldwide, including throughout North America. Some of the most cited causes of decline are linked to climate change, urbanization, and growth in agriculture. Across eastern Canada, a number of insecticides and herbicides are commonly sprayed before and during the grain growing season to control pests and foliage competitors. During wintering and migration, a declining Arctic-breeding songbird, the snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), utilizes open farmlands of southern Canada; therefore, this could be a period when the species is most exposed to these pesticides. We tested snow bunting tissues (blood and liver) for the 4 pesticides most commonly used in grain agriculture in Canada: atrazine, chlothianidin, imidacloprid, and glyphosate, as well as a glyphosate derivative (aminomethylphosphic acid, AMPA). Although this species is thought to forage in grain fields during autumn through spring, we found no detectable traces of any of the five substances. Wintering buntings may either not be exposed to these pesticides during their presence in agriculture fields or, given the rapid turnover of these pesticides in the blood and tissues, be exposed to doses below detection level in samples. Text Arctic Climate change Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting University of Windsor, Ontario: Scholarship at UWindsor Arctic Canada Avian Conservation and Ecology 16 2 |
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Many species of migratory birds are declining worldwide, including throughout North America. Some of the most cited causes of decline are linked to climate change, urbanization, and growth in agriculture. Across eastern Canada, a number of insecticides and herbicides are commonly sprayed before and during the grain growing season to control pests and foliage competitors. During wintering and migration, a declining Arctic-breeding songbird, the snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), utilizes open farmlands of southern Canada; therefore, this could be a period when the species is most exposed to these pesticides. We tested snow bunting tissues (blood and liver) for the 4 pesticides most commonly used in grain agriculture in Canada: atrazine, chlothianidin, imidacloprid, and glyphosate, as well as a glyphosate derivative (aminomethylphosphic acid, AMPA). Although this species is thought to forage in grain fields during autumn through spring, we found no detectable traces of any of the five substances. Wintering buntings may either not be exposed to these pesticides during their presence in agriculture fields or, given the rapid turnover of these pesticides in the blood and tissues, be exposed to doses below detection level in samples. |
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No common pesticides detected in snow buntings utilizing a farmland landscape in eastern Québec |
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No common pesticides detected in snow buntings utilizing a farmland landscape in eastern Québec |
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No common pesticides detected in snow buntings utilizing a farmland landscape in eastern Québec |
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no common pesticides detected in snow buntings utilizing a farmland landscape in eastern québec |
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