Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrate

Toxicants such as organochlorine insecticides, lead ammunition, and veterinary drugs have caused severe wildlife poisoning, pushing the populations of several apex species to the edge of extinction. These prime cases epitomize the serious threat that wildlife poisoning poses to biodiversity. Much of...

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Autores: Mateo-Tomás, Patricia, Mínguez, Eva, Mateo, Rafael, Pérez Olea, Ángel Pedro, Viñuela, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922355117
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Palabra clave:Diclofenac
On-ground monitoring
Population dynamics
Sentinel species
Wildlife poisoning
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrateMateo-Tomás, PatriciaMínguez, EvaMateo, RafaelPérez Olea, Ángel PedroViñuela, JavierDiclofenacOn-ground monitoringPopulation dynamicsSentinel speciesWildlife poisoningBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaToxicants such as organochlorine insecticides, lead ammunition, and veterinary drugs have caused severe wildlife poisoning, pushing the populations of several apex species to the edge of extinction. These prime cases epitomize the serious threat that wildlife poisoning poses to biodiversity. Much of the evidence on population effects of wildlife poisoning rests on assessments conducted at an individual level, from which population-level effects are inferred. Contrastingly, we demonstrate a straightforward relationship between poison-induced individual mortality and population changes in the threatened red kite (Milvus milvus). By linking field data of 1,075 poisoned red kites to changes in occupancy and abundance across 274 sites (10 × 10-km squares) over a 20-y time frame, we show a clear relationship between red kite poisoning and the decline of its breeding population in Spain, including local extinctions. Our results further support the species listing as endangered, after a breeding population decline of 31% to 43% in two decades of this once-abundant raptor. Given that poisoning threatens the global populations of more than 2,600 animal species worldwide, a greater understanding of its population-level effects may aid biodiversity conservation through increased regulatory control of chemical substances. Our results illustrate the great potential of long-term and large-scale on-ground monitoring to assist in this taskHundreds of volunteers and personnel from Spanishautonomous governments (Comunidades Autonomas [CCAA]) participatedin the national census of red kites, organized by SEO/Birdlife, with financialsupport from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the SpanishMinistry of Environment (SME), and CCAA. The database of poisonedanimals was compiled by CCAA and SME and coordinated by WWF Spainand SEO/Birdlife through the ANTÍDOTO program. This work was funded byWWF Spain under project UCLM-UCTR170245, and by the BBVA Foundation(“Ayudas Fundación BBVA a Equipos de Investigación Científica 2018”)through the TÓXICO projectNational Academy of SciencesDepartamento de EcologíaFacultad de Ciencias20202020-07-14research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/710842https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922355117reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7108422026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrate
title Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrate
spellingShingle Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrate
Mateo-Tomás, Patricia
Diclofenac
On-ground monitoring
Population dynamics
Sentinel species
Wildlife poisoning
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrate
title_full Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrate
title_fullStr Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrate
title_full_unstemmed Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrate
title_sort Direct evidence of poison-driven widespread population decline in a wild vertebrate
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mateo-Tomás, Patricia
Mínguez, Eva
Mateo, Rafael
Pérez Olea, Ángel Pedro
Viñuela, Javier
author Mateo-Tomás, Patricia
author_facet Mateo-Tomás, Patricia
Mínguez, Eva
Mateo, Rafael
Pérez Olea, Ángel Pedro
Viñuela, Javier
author_role author
author2 Mínguez, Eva
Mateo, Rafael
Pérez Olea, Ángel Pedro
Viñuela, Javier
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Ecología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Diclofenac
On-ground monitoring
Population dynamics
Sentinel species
Wildlife poisoning
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Diclofenac
On-ground monitoring
Population dynamics
Sentinel species
Wildlife poisoning
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Toxicants such as organochlorine insecticides, lead ammunition, and veterinary drugs have caused severe wildlife poisoning, pushing the populations of several apex species to the edge of extinction. These prime cases epitomize the serious threat that wildlife poisoning poses to biodiversity. Much of the evidence on population effects of wildlife poisoning rests on assessments conducted at an individual level, from which population-level effects are inferred. Contrastingly, we demonstrate a straightforward relationship between poison-induced individual mortality and population changes in the threatened red kite (Milvus milvus). By linking field data of 1,075 poisoned red kites to changes in occupancy and abundance across 274 sites (10 × 10-km squares) over a 20-y time frame, we show a clear relationship between red kite poisoning and the decline of its breeding population in Spain, including local extinctions. Our results further support the species listing as endangered, after a breeding population decline of 31% to 43% in two decades of this once-abundant raptor. Given that poisoning threatens the global populations of more than 2,600 animal species worldwide, a greater understanding of its population-level effects may aid biodiversity conservation through increased regulatory control of chemical substances. Our results illustrate the great potential of long-term and large-scale on-ground monitoring to assist in this task
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