Lead poisoning and other human-related factors cause significant mortality in white-tailed eagles

The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) suffered a severe population decline due to environmental pollutants in the Baltic Sea area ca. 50 years ago but has since been recovering. The main threats for the white-tailed eagle in Finland are now often related to human activities. We examined the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ambio 2018-12, Vol.47 (8), p.858-868
Hauptverfasser:	Isomursu, Marja, Koivusaari, Juhani, Stjernberg, Torsten, Hirvelä-Koski, Varpu, Venäläinen, Eija-Riitta
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	accidents Ammunition Animals anthropogenic activities Atmospheric Sciences Automobile Driving Baltic Sea Birds Carcasses Chemical analysis death Eagles Earth and Environmental Science Ecology Electric Injuries - etiology Electric power Electric power lines Environment Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology Environmental Management Environmental Pollutants Extinction, Biological Finland Firearms Haliaeetus albicilla Human Activities Human impact Human influences Humans Kidney - chemistry Kidney - pathology lead Lead content Lead poisoning Lead Poisoning - mortality Lead Poisoning - veterinary Liver - chemistry Liver - pathology Mercury Mercury Poisoning - mortality Mercury Poisoning - veterinary Mortality Mortality factors Necropsy Physical Geography Poisoning Pollutants Population decline population dynamics Power lines Power Plants RESEARCH ARTICLE scavenging behavior traffic Wounds and Injuries - etiology Wounds and Injuries - veterinary
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