developmental exposure to a toxic spill compromises long-term reproductive performance in a wild, long-lived bird the white stork (ciconia ciconia)发展暴露在有毒的泄漏妥协长期在野外繁殖性能,长寿的鸟白鹳(ciconia ciconia).pdfVIP

Developmental Exposure to a Toxic Spill Compromises Long-Term Reproductive Performance in a Wild, Long- Lived Bird: The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) 1 2 1 ´ 1 1 Raquel Baos *, Roger Jovani , David Serrano , Jose L. Tella , Fernando Hiraldo ´ ´ ˜ ´ ´ 1 Department of Conservation Biology, Estacion Biologica de Donana (CSIC), Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain, 2 Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Estacion Biologica de ˜ Donana (CSIC), Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain Abstract Background/Objective: Exposure to environmental contaminants may result in reduced reproductive success and long- lasting population declines in vertebrates. Emerging data from laboratory studies on model species suggest that certain life- stages, such as development, should be of special concern. However, detailed investigations of long-term consequences of developmental exposure to environmental chemicals on breeding performance are currently lacking in wild populations of ´ long-lived vertebrates. Here, we studied how the developmental exposure to a mine spill (Aznalcollar, SW Spain, April 1998) may affect fitness under natural conditions in a long-lived bird, the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia). Methodology: The reproductive performance of individually-banded storks that were or not developmentally exposed to the spill (i.e. hatched before or after the spill) was compared when these individuals were simultaneously breeding during the seven years