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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Suggested guidelines for use of avian species as biomonitors
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Volume 118, No. 1-3, Year 2006
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An animal's suitability as a biomonitor of environmental change can be determined by biological, reproductive and ecological characteristics determined at the class, order and species level. The animal's habitat where the research is to be performed and the form, function and structure of the environmental change being studied within that habitat also determines suitability. Non-threatened populations of large, non-migratory, long-lived, seasonally-breeding tertiary avian predators, whose dietary preferences are narrow and known, can be useful as monitors of environmental chemical contaminants. If chemicals are being monitored, a quantifiable endpoint effect must be demonstrated in the species, or a similar species under experimental laboratory conditions. Logistical and economic issues as well as public and regulatory authority acceptance should also be considered when assessing the suitability of a species as a biomonitor. © Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hollamby, Simon
United States, East Lansing
Michigan State University
United States, Madison
Usgs National Wildlife Health Center
Azikuru, Josephine Afema
Uganda
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Waigo, Samuel
Uganda
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Cameron, Kenneth
Congo
Institut Jane Goodall
Rae Gandolf, A.
United States, Cumberland
The Wilds
Norris, Amanda
Unknown Affiliation
Sikarskie, James G.
United States, East Lansing
Michigan State University
Statistics
Citations: 50
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10661-006-0770-9
ISSN:
01676369
e-ISSN:
15732959
Research Areas
Sexual And Reproductive Health