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Acidic air Pollution and birds in Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Paul D. Goriup
Paul D. Goriup
Affiliation:
The Nature Conservation Bureau, 122 Derwent Road, Thatcham, Newbury RG13 4UP, UK.
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Abstract

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Evidence from a survey conducted by the European Continental Section of the International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP-ECS) suggests that birds have not served as such good early warning indicators of ecological damage from acid precipitation as they have for damage from organochlorine pesticide use. Only a few highly specialized species have been badly affected, and then long after the impact was observed in other organisms. Some birds have even benefited from the superabundance of dead and decaying standing timber.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 1989 , pp. 82 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1989

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