Evidence for the indirect effects of pesticides on farmland birds

By Nigel D. Boatman, N. Brickle, J. Hart, T. Milsom, A. J. Morris, A. Murray, K. Murray, P. Robertson. 2004

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Ecological impacts of early 21st century agricultural change in Europe--a review. (2009, background): “…partridge, invertebrate food abundance influences chick condition of skylark in the UK, and for yellowhammer, the number of chicks fledging is affected by pesticide use in relation to the proportion of the foraging area around the nest that was sprayed (Boatman et al., 2004; Hart et al., 2006).”
BirdTrends 2014: trends in numbers, breeding success and survival for UK breeding birds (2014, methodology): “Boatman et al. (2004) used an experimental set-up to look at the effect of pesticides on breeding performance, and further evidence was provided by Morris et al. (2005), who showed that increased use of pesticides results in reduced invertebrate abundance, lower brood production and fewer chicks…”
Long‐term changes in the abundance of flying insects (2009, background): “There is increasing evidence of an indirect effect of insecticides on birds (Donald et al., 2001; Boatman et al., 2004).”
Decline and potential recovery of the European grey partridge (Perdix perdix) population—a review (2009, background): “Also other studies showed that especially indirect effects of increased pesticide use resulted in a decrease of grey partridge chick food availability (Moreby et al. 1994; Taylor et al. 2006) and for farmland birds in general (Moreby et al. 1994; Boatman et al. 2004).”
Impact of grassland farming intensification on the breeding ecology of an indicator insectivorous passerine, the Whinchat Saxicola rubetra: Lessons for overall Alpine meadowland management (2006, background): “Thirdly, we attempted to identify the fitness costs possibly imposed, both on adults and broods, by the hypothesized altered food composition in intensively managed areas (Borg and Toft, 2000; Bradbury et al., 2003; Boatman et al., 2004 ).”
A review of the direct and indirect effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on vertebrate wildlife (2014, background): “The indirect effects of pesticides on vertebrate wildlife While rarely considered in ecological risk assessments, concerns about the impacts of pesticide use on vertebrates have more recently turned to the widespread potential for indirect effects (Sotherton and Holland 2002; Boatman et al. 2004).”
Ecological versus ecotoxicological methods for assessing the environmental risks of transgenic crops (2007, background): “Hence while the farm-scale evaluations may contribute immensely to knowledge of the ecology of farmland, from the point of view of risk assessment, much effort was wasted collecting data of no interest to decision-makers: if bird numbers were to be the assessment endpoint, then risk hypotheses about”