Publication: Excessive lead burden among golden eagles in the Swiss Alps
Excessive lead burden among golden eagles in the Swiss Alps
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Madry, M. M., Kraemer, T., Kupper, J., Naegeli, H., Jenny, H., Jenni, L., & Jenny, D. (2015). Excessive lead burden among golden eagles in the Swiss Alps. Environmental Research Letters, 10, 034003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/034003
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Fragments from lead ammunition pose a poisoning risk for predators like golden eagles that scavenge on non-retrieved carcasses or offal left behind by hunters. Three golden eagles were found in the Swiss Alps with an acute lead poisoning. To investigate whether the few cases of lead-poisoned golden eagles are exceptional events or whether a substantial proportion of the Alpine golden eagle population is affected by lead at sublethal levels, we measured body burdens in golden eagles from Switzerland in comparison to eagle owls from the
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- Kraemer, Thomas
- Kupper, Jacqueline
- Naegeli, Hanspeter
- Jenny, Hannes
- Jenni, Lukas
- Jenny, David
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Madry, M. M., Kraemer, T., Kupper, J., Naegeli, H., Jenny, H., Jenni, L., & Jenny, D. (2015). Excessive lead burden among golden eagles in the Swiss Alps. Environmental Research Letters, 10, 034003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/034003
