• A review of constraints and solutions for collecting raptor samples and contextual data for a European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility 

      Dulsat-Masvidal, Maria; Lourenço, Rui; Lacorte, Silvia; D'Amico, Marcello; Albayrak, Tamer; Andevski, Jovan; Aradis, Arianna; Baltag, Emanuel; Berger-Tal, Oded; Berny, Philippe; Choresh, Yael; Duke, Guy; Espín, Silvia; García-Fernández, Antonio J.; Gomez-Ramirez, Pilar; Hallgrimsson, Gunnar Thor; Jaspers, Veerle; Johansson, Ulf; Kovács, András; Krone, Oliver; Leivits, Madis; Martínez-López, Emma; Mateo, Rafael; Movalli, Paola; Sánchez-Virosta, Pablo; Shore, Richard F.; Valkama, Jari; Vrezec, Al; Xirouchakis, Stavros; Walker, Lee A.; Wernham, Chris (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    • The role of natural science collections in the biomonitoring of environmental contaminants in apex predators in support of the EU’s zero pollution ambition 

      Movalli, Paola; Koschorreck, Jan; Treu, Gabriele; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Androulakakis, Andreas; Badry, Alexander; Baltag, Emanuel; Barbagli, Fausto; Bauer, Kevin; Biesmeijer, Koos; Borgo, Enrico; Cincinelli, Alessandra; Claßen, Daniela; Danielsson, Sara; Dekker, René; Dietz, Rune; Eens, Marcel; Espín, Silvia; Eulaers, Igor; Frahnert, Sylke; Fuiz, Tibor I.; García-Fernández, Antonio J.; Fuchs, Jérôme; Gkotsis, Georgios; Glowacka, Natalia; Gómez Ramírez, Pilar; Grotti, Marco; Hosner, Peter A:; Johansson, Ulf; Jaspers, Veerle Leontina B; Koureas, Dimitris; Krone, Oliver; Kubin, Eero; Lefevre, Christine; Leivits, Madis; Brutto, Sabrina Lo; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Lourenço, Rui; Lymberakis, Petros; Madslien, Knut; Martellini, Tania; Mateo, Rafael; Nika, Maria-Christina; Osborn, Dan; Oswald, Peter; Pauwels, Olivier; Pereira, MGlória; Pezzo, Francesco; Sánchez-Virosta, Pablo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The chemical industry is the leading sector in the EU in terms of added value. However, contaminants pose a major threat and significant costs to the environment and human health. While EU legislation and international ...
    • A schematic sampling protocol for contaminant monitoring in raptors 

      Espín, Silvia; Andevski, Jovan; Duke, Guy; Eulaers, Igor; Gomez-Ramirez, Pilar; Hallgrimsson, Gunnar Thor; Helander, Björn; Herzke, Dorte; Jaspers, Veerle; Krone, Oliver; Lourenco, Rui; Maria-Mojica, Pedro; Martínez-López, Emma; Mateo, Rafael; Movalli, Paola; Sanchez-Virosta, Pablo; Shore, Richard F.; Sonne, Christian; van den Brink, Nico W.; van Hattum, B.; Vrezec, Al; Wernham, Chris; García-Fernández, Antonio J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      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 ...
    • Towards harmonisation of chemical monitoring using avian apex predators: Identification of key species for pan-European biomonitoring 

      Badry, Alexander; Krone, Oliver; Jaspers, Veerle; Mateo, Rafael; Garcia-Fernandez, Antonio; Leivits, Madis; Shore, Richard F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Biomonitoring in raptors can be used to study long-term and large-scale changes in environmental pollution. In Europe, such monitoring is needed to assess environmental risks and outcomes of chemicals regulation, which is ...
    • Tracking pan-continental trends in environmental contamination using sentinel raptors—what types of samples should we use? 

      Espín, Silvia; García-Fernández, Antonio J.; Herzke, Dorte; Shore, Richard F.; van Hattum, Bert; Martínez-López, Emma; Coeurdassier, Michael; Eulaers, Igor; Fritsch, Clémentine; Gómez-Ramírez, Pilar; Jaspers, Veerle; Krone, Oliver; Duke, Guy; Helander, Björn; Mateo, Rafael; Movalli, Paola; Sonne, Christian; van den Brink, Nico W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Biomonitoring using birds of prey as sentinel species has been mooted as a way to evaluate the success of European Union directives that are designed to protect people and the environment across Europe from industrial ...