Publications
| bats as the main prey of wintering long-eared owl (asio otus) in beijing: integrating biodiversity protection and urban management. | the loss of biodiversity from urbanized areas is a major environmental problem challenging policy-makers throughout the world. solutions to this problem are urgently required in china. we carried out a case study of wintering long-eared owls (asio otus) and their main prey to illustrate the negative effects of urbanization combined with ineffective conservation of biodiversity in beijing. field monitoring of owl numbers at two roosting sites from 2004 to 2012 showed that the owl population had f ... | 2015 | 25316405 |
| polybrominated diphenyl ethers in birds of prey from northern china. | birds of prey from northern china (beijing area) were examined for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes). a total of 47 specimens from eight different species were analyzed. muscle and liver were analyzed separately for each bird. kidneys were pooled by species. common kestrels exhibited the highest pbde levels (mean muscle and liver concentrations of 12300 and 12200 ng/g lipid weight, respectively), with maxima in an individual bird of 31700 in muscle and 40900 ng/g lw in liver. congener profi ... | 2007 | 17410771 |