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SUBMITTER: Murase K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4371089 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Murase Kaori K Murase Joe J Horie Reiko R Endo Koichi K
Scientific reports 20150324
Although the influence of nuclear accidents on the reproduction of top predators has not been investigated, it is important that we identify the effects of such accidents because humans are also top predators. We conducted field observation for 22 years and analysed the reproductive performance of the goshawk (Accipiter gentilis fujiyamae), a top avian predator in the North Kanto area of Japan, before and after the accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that occurred in 2011. The ...[more]