TY - JOUR
T1 - A schematic sampling protocol for contaminant monitoring in raptors
AU - Espín, Silvia
AU - Andevski, Jovan
AU - Duke, Guy
AU - Eulaers, Igor
AU - Gómez-Ramírez, Pilar
AU - Hallgrimsson, Gunnar Thor
AU - Helander, Björn
AU - Herzke, Dorte
AU - Jaspers, Veerle L.B.
AU - Krone, Oliver
AU - Lourenço, Rui
AU - María-Mojica, Pedro
AU - Martínez-López, Emma
AU - Mateo, Rafael
AU - Movalli, Paola
AU - Sánchez-Virosta, Pablo
AU - Shore, Richard F.
AU - Sonne, Christian
AU - van den Brink, Nico W.
AU - van Hattum, Bert
AU - Vrezec, Al
AU - Wernham, Chris
AU - García-Fernández, Antonio J.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Birds of prey, owls and falcons are widely used as sentinel species in raptor biomonitoring programmes. A major current challenge is to facilitate large-scale biomonitoring by coordinating contaminant monitoring activities and by building capacity across countries. This requires sharing, dissemination and adoption of best practices addressed by the Networking Programme Research and Monitoring for and with Raptors in Europe (EURAPMON) and now being advanced by the ongoing international COST Action European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility. The present perspective introduces a schematic sampling protocol for contaminant monitoring in raptors. We provide guidance on sample collection with a view to increasing sampling capacity across countries, ensuring appropriate quality of samples and facilitating harmonization of procedures to maximize the reliability, comparability and interoperability of data. The here presented protocol can be used by professionals and volunteers as a standard guide to ensure harmonised sampling methods for contaminant monitoring in raptors.
AB - Birds of prey, owls and falcons are widely used as sentinel species in raptor biomonitoring programmes. A major current challenge is to facilitate large-scale biomonitoring by coordinating contaminant monitoring activities and by building capacity across countries. This requires sharing, dissemination and adoption of best practices addressed by the Networking Programme Research and Monitoring for and with Raptors in Europe (EURAPMON) and now being advanced by the ongoing international COST Action European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility. The present perspective introduces a schematic sampling protocol for contaminant monitoring in raptors. We provide guidance on sample collection with a view to increasing sampling capacity across countries, ensuring appropriate quality of samples and facilitating harmonization of procedures to maximize the reliability, comparability and interoperability of data. The here presented protocol can be used by professionals and volunteers as a standard guide to ensure harmonised sampling methods for contaminant monitoring in raptors.
KW - Best practices
KW - Birds of prey
KW - Falcons
KW - Large-scale biomonitoring
KW - Owls
KW - Pan-European network
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U2 - 10.1007/s13280-020-01341-9
DO - 10.1007/s13280-020-01341-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 32399779
AN - SCOPUS:85084596491
SN - 0044-7447
VL - 50
SP - 95
EP - 100
JO - AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
JF - AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
IS - 1
ER -