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Recovery of breeding success in wild birds

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  • Tapio Eeva

    (Section of Ecology, University of Turku)

  • Esa Lehikoinen

    (Section of Ecology, University of Turku)

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We have found that the breeding success of two insectivorous forest passerines, the great tit Parus major and the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca, has markedly improved in the vicinity of a copper-smelting plant during the seven years since it reduced its emissions of heavy metals. Our results demonstrate that reduced pollution loads can positively affect breeding performance of wild bird populations over a relatively short period, even in an area that has suffered decades of heavy-metal pollution.

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  • Tapio Eeva & Esa Lehikoinen, 2000. "Recovery of breeding success in wild birds," Nature, Nature, vol. 403(6772), pages 851-852, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:403:y:2000:i:6772:d:10.1038_35002672
    DOI: 10.1038/35002672
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