As top predators, seabirds are highly sensitive to widespread plastic and metal pollution.
These bioindicators interact with plastics and metals in many different ways which can lead …

Increases in human population lead to an increase in urban wastes, which could affect
wildlife in several ways. Urban pollutants can affect erythrocytes of birds generating …

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 …

The assessment of the impact of urban and industrial landscapes on the occurrence of
vulnerable species is one key step in the view to maintaining them in environments that are …

Seabirds have been widely used as bioindicators for quality assessment of marine
environments because of their high position in the food chain, particular life cycle …

Le descripteur 8 de la Directive Cadre Stratégie pour le Milieu Marin (DCSMM) concerne les
impacts en milieu marin provoqués par des substances chimiques d'origine anthropique …

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 …

BirdLife International thanks all co-authors, artists, photographers, and other contributors for
their valuable input to the production of this handbook. French texts were translated by …

Metal pollution is currently a major issue in marine ecosystems, as organisms, and
particularly seabirds, are exposed and accumulating increased levels from several …

Recently, nuclear abnormalities in avian erythrocytes have been used as biomarkers of
genotoxicity in several species. Anomalous shapes are usually detected in the nuclei by …