Biomonitoring in raptors can be used to study long-term and large-scale changes in
environmental pollution. In Europe, such monitoring is needed to assess environmental risks …

This article explores the threats that wind farms pose to birds and bats before briefly
surveying the recent literature on avian mortality and summarizing some of the problems …

Abstract The COST Action 'European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility'(ERBFacility) aims to
develop pan-European raptor biomonitoring in support of better chemicals management in …

The concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Zn, Ni, Pb, Cu, As) in feather samples of raptors of 3
families were determined from southern, central, and northern parts of Punjab Province …

Summary 1 Predator conservation management requires detailed understanding of the
ecological circumstances associated with predation, especially that on economically …

As top consumers in food chains, birds of prey forage over large geographical areas and so
might be expected to accumulate environmental contaminants which are distributed in the …

Abstract Knowledge of the uptake and fate of mercury (Hg) compounds in biota is important
in understanding the global cycling of Hg and its transfer pathways through food chains. In …

The exposure to persistent pollutants such as organochlorine compounds (OCs) or metals
has been associated with declines in top predator populations, which can accumulate high …

The concentrations of Hg were determined in all primary flight feathers from 20 specimens of
Buteo buteo and 49 specimens of Accipiter gentilis, which had died in various Wildlife …

Understanding the levels and drivers of contamination in top predators is important for their
conservation and eventual use as sentinels in environmental monitoring. Therefore, metals …