Environmental challenges, such as light, air, feed and soil pollution, as well as climate change, are all an increasing threat to both farmed and wild birds. The general trend in rising global temperatures is leading to heat stress in birds, especially in farms located in tropical and subtropical regions, causing severe physical damage and animal welfare challenges. In addition, the effect of global warming on wild birds is largely under researched. Light contamination has been linked to visual sensitivity in birds, resulting in either an acceleration or a delay in reproduction and both an increase or decrease in reproductive activities, among other impacts. Furthermore, dietary intake of pollutants is causing economic loses, as well as major animal welfare concerns, when contaminated feed results in morbidity and mortality. Continuing research on these numerous threats, their impact on the reproduction of both wild and captive birds, and suggestions for how to mitigate them, is necessary for the preservation of the world and its birds.
Recent research has shown that environmental stressors have a significant effect on avian reproduction, for example PCDD/Fs and PCBs have been found in hen eggs and light pollution has been shown to critically affect nesting seabirds, causing massive mortality of hatchlings. As such, this topic aims to bring together research in this area and provide solutions to some of the problems for avian reproduction caused by environmental pollutants and climate change.
This Research Topic welcomes Brief Research, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective and Review article types, among others, on, but not limited to, the following suggested themes:
- The effect of light pollution on avian reproduction and offspring survival
- Feed contamination (toxins, heavy metals, PCB and more) and its effect on avian reproduction
- The effect of air contamination (ammonia and other air born factors) on avian reproduction
- Soil pollution transferring pollutants, via feed or directly, and its effect on avian reproduction
- Solutions to the above, presenting new and innovative protocols to mitigate threats in this area
Keywords:
Reproduction, Environment, light pollution, feed pollution, soil pollution, air pollution, contaminants, climate change
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Environmental challenges, such as light, air, feed and soil pollution, as well as climate change, are all an increasing threat to both farmed and wild birds. The general trend in rising global temperatures is leading to heat stress in birds, especially in farms located in tropical and subtropical regions, causing severe physical damage and animal welfare challenges. In addition, the effect of global warming on wild birds is largely under researched. Light contamination has been linked to visual sensitivity in birds, resulting in either an acceleration or a delay in reproduction and both an increase or decrease in reproductive activities, among other impacts. Furthermore, dietary intake of pollutants is causing economic loses, as well as major animal welfare concerns, when contaminated feed results in morbidity and mortality. Continuing research on these numerous threats, their impact on the reproduction of both wild and captive birds, and suggestions for how to mitigate them, is necessary for the preservation of the world and its birds.
Recent research has shown that environmental stressors have a significant effect on avian reproduction, for example PCDD/Fs and PCBs have been found in hen eggs and light pollution has been shown to critically affect nesting seabirds, causing massive mortality of hatchlings. As such, this topic aims to bring together research in this area and provide solutions to some of the problems for avian reproduction caused by environmental pollutants and climate change.
This Research Topic welcomes Brief Research, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective and Review article types, among others, on, but not limited to, the following suggested themes:
- The effect of light pollution on avian reproduction and offspring survival
- Feed contamination (toxins, heavy metals, PCB and more) and its effect on avian reproduction
- The effect of air contamination (ammonia and other air born factors) on avian reproduction
- Soil pollution transferring pollutants, via feed or directly, and its effect on avian reproduction
- Solutions to the above, presenting new and innovative protocols to mitigate threats in this area
Keywords:
Reproduction, Environment, light pollution, feed pollution, soil pollution, air pollution, contaminants, climate change
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.