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1) 🦅 Keep calm and carrion

New research combines open access biodiversity records via GBIF with machine learning to map Himalayan vulture distributions across Asia and assess exposure to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac. 💊 The study shows that while vultures often avoid areas with the highest contamination they are consistently exposed to low level diclofenac across broad regions including Mongolia, China, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Bangladesh. 🌏

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2) These findings reveal how widespread pharmaceutical use can create chronic risks for keystone scavengers and highlights the importance of expanded monitoring open data sharing and collaborative science to support effective vulture conservation. 🔎

🔗 https://gbif.link/vulture-data-use

#DataUseSummary #ResearchImpact #BiodiversityData

Keep calm and carrion: data models predict vulture exposure risk to contaminants

Widespread use of veterinary pharmaceuticals results in persistent, low-level toxic exposure in vultures

Show threadAlejandro_PJan 29
@gbif creepy Dave!!!