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Lamonica D, Charvy L, Kuo D, Fritsch C, Coeurdassier M, Berny P, Charles S. A brief review on models for birds exposed to chemicals. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024:10.1007/s11356-024-34628-5. [PMID: 39133414 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34628-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
Abstract
"A Who's Who of pesticides is therefore of concern to us all. If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones - we had better know something about their nature and their power."-Rachel Carson, Silent Spring. In her day, Rachel Carson was right: plant protection products (PPP), like all the other chemical substances that humans increasingly release into the environment without further precaution, are among our worst enemies today (Bruhl and Zaller, 2019; Naidu et al., 2021; Tang et al., 2021; Topping et al., 2020). All compartments of the biosphere, air, soil and water, are potential reservoirs within which all species that live there are impaired. Birds are particularly concerned: PPP are recognized as a factor in the decline of their abundance and diversity predominantly in agricultural landscapes. Due to the restrictions on vertebrates testing, in silico-based approaches are an ideal choice alternative given input data are available. This is where the problem lies as we will illustrate in this paper. We performed an extensive literature search covering a long period of time, a wide diversity of bird species, a large range of chemical substances, and as many model types as possible to encompass all our future need to improve environmental risk assessment of chemicals for birds. In the end, we show that poultry species exposed to pesticides are the most studied at the individual level with physiologically based toxicokinetic models. To go beyond, with more species, more chemical types, over several levels of biological organization, we show that observed data are crucially missing (Gilbert, 2011). As a consequence, improving existing models or developing new ones could be like climbing Everest if no additional data can be gathered, especially on chemical effects and toxicodynamic aspects.
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- Dominique Lamonica
- University Lyon 1, Laboratory of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology - UMR CNRS5558, 43 boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, Villeurbanne Cedex, 69622, France.
- Research Institute for Development, BotAny and Modeling of Plant Architecture and Vegetation - UMR AMAP, TA A51/PS2, Montpellier Cedex 05, 34398, France.
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- INSA Lyon, Biosciences department, 20 avenue Albert Einstein, Villeurbanne, 69100, France
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering (GIEE), National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, CNRS - Université de Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, Besançon cedex, 25030, France
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- UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, CNRS - Université de Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, Besançon cedex, 25030, France
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- UR ICE, VetAgro Sup Campus Vétérinaire de Lyon, 1 Avenue Bourgelat, Marcy l'étoile, F-69280, France
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- University Lyon 1, Laboratory of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology - UMR CNRS5558, 43 boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, Villeurbanne Cedex, 69622, France
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Scridel D, Anderle M, Capelli F, Forti A, Bettega C, Alessandrini C, Del Mar Delgado M, Pedrotti L, Partel P, Bogliani G, Pedrini P, Brambilla M. Coping with unpredictable environments: fine-tune foraging microhabitat use in relation to prey availability in an alpine species. Oecologia 2024; 204:845-860. [PMID: 38594420 PMCID: PMC11062978 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-024-05530-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
Microhabitat utilisation holds a pivotal role in shaping a species' ecological dynamics and stands as a crucial concern for effective conservation strategies. Despite its critical importance, microhabitat use has frequently been addressed as static, centering on microhabitat preference. Yet, a dynamic microhabitat use that allows individuals to adjust to fine-scale spatio-temporal prey fluctuations, becomes imperative for species thriving in challenging environments. High-elevation ecosystems, marked by brief growing seasons and distinct abiotic processes like snowmelt, winds, and solar radiation, feature an ephemeral distribution of key resources. To better understand species' strategies in coping with these rapidly changing environments, we delved into the foraging behaviour of the white-winged snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis, an emblematic high-elevation passerine. Through studying microhabitat preferences during breeding while assessing invertebrate prey availability, we unveiled a highly flexible microhabitat use process. Notably, snowfinches exhibited specific microhabitat preferences, favoring grass and melting snow margins, while also responding to local invertebrate availability. This behaviour was particularly evident in snow-associated microhabitats and less pronounced amid tall grass. Moreover, our investigation underscored snowfinches' fidelity to foraging sites, with over half located within 10 m of previous spots. This consistent use prevailed in snow-associated microhabitats and high-prey-density zones. These findings provide the first evidence of dynamic microhabitat use in high-elevation ecosystems and offer further insights into the crucial role of microhabitats for climate-sensitive species. They call for multi-faceted conservation strategies that go beyond identifying and protecting optimal thermal buffering areas in the face of global warming to also encompass locations hosting high invertebrate densities.
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- Davide Scridel
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127, Trieste, Italy.
- Museo delle Scienze di Trento (MUSE), Ufficio Ricerca e Collezioni, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, 38122, Trento, Italy.
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- Museo delle Scienze di Trento (MUSE), Ufficio Ricerca e Collezioni, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, 38122, Trento, Italy
- Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, viale Druso 1, 39100, Drususallee Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Milan University, via Celoria 26, 20123, Milan, Italy
- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestrasse 15/Technikerstrasse 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Museo delle Scienze di Trento (MUSE), Ufficio Ricerca e Collezioni, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, 38122, Trento, Italy
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- Museo delle Scienze di Trento (MUSE), Ufficio Ricerca e Collezioni, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, 38122, Trento, Italy
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- Museo delle Scienze di Trento (MUSE), Ufficio Ricerca e Collezioni, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, 38122, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Milan University, via Celoria 26, 20123, Milan, Italy
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- Biodiversity Research Institute (IMIB, CSIC-Oviedo University, Principality of Asturias), Campus Mieres, Mieres (Asturias), Spain
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- Stelvio National Park, via de Simoni 42, 23032, Bormio, Italy
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- Ente Parco Naturale Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino, località Castelpietra 2, 38054, Primiero San Martino di Castrozza, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 1, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Museo delle Scienze di Trento (MUSE), Ufficio Ricerca e Collezioni, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, 38122, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Milan University, via Celoria 26, 20123, Milan, Italy
- CRC Ge.S.Di.Mont, Milan University, sede di Edolo, via Morino 8, 25048, Edolo, BS, Italy
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Liu Y, Du X, Li G, Liu Y, Li S. Life-History and Ecological Correlates of Egg and Clutch Mass Variation in Sympatric Bird Species at High Altitude. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:1303. [PMID: 37887013 PMCID: PMC10604263 DOI: 10.3390/biology12101303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
Abstract
The variation in egg and clutch mass in sympatric species at high altitudes is poorly understood, and the potential causes of variation are rarely investigated. This study aimed to describe the interspecific variation in avian egg and clutch mass among 22 sympatric bird species at an altitude of 3430 m. Our objective was to reduce potential confounding effects of biotic/abiotic factors and investigated hypotheses concerning allometry, clutch size, parental care, nest predation, and lifespan as possible correlates and explanations for the observed variation. Our findings indicated that both egg and clutch mass evolve with body mass across species. We found that egg mass variation was not explained by clutch size when controlling for allometric effects, which contrasts the "egg mass vs. clutch size trade-off" hypothesis. Additionally, we found that clutch mass was positively associated with parental care (reflected by development period) but negatively associated with predation rate. By substituting egg mass and clutch size into the models, we found that clutch size was significantly correlated with parental care, predation rate, and lifespan, while egg mass was only significantly associated with development period. Overall, these findings support life-history theories suggesting that reduced clutch size or mass is associated with a higher risk of predation, reduced parental care, but longer adult lifespan. Interestingly, our results indicate that clutch size has a greater influence on these factors compared to egg mass. This could be attributed to the fact that smaller clutch sizes result in a more notable decrease in energetic allocation, as they require a reduced effort in terms of offspring production, incubation, and feeding, as opposed to solely reducing egg size. These findings contribute to the growing evidence that life-history and ecological traits correlate with egg and clutch mass variation in sympatric species. However, further research is needed to explore the potential evolutionary causes underlying these patterns.
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- College of Life Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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Altamirano TA, de Zwaan DR, Scridel D, Wilson S, Martin K. Rock cavity nesting as the norm: Breeding songbirds of the temperate High Andes. Ecology 2023; 104:e3931. [PMID: 36451258 PMCID: PMC10078528 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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- Tomás A Altamirano
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Audubon Americas, National Audubon Society, Pucón, Chile.,Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Puerto Williams, Chile
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,CNR-IRSA National Research Council - Water Research Institute, Brugherio, Italy
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Environment and Climate Change Canada, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Environment and Climate Change Canada, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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