SynthesisEcoHealth2010
Pollution and its impact on wild animals: a meta-analysis on oxidative stress.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of chemical pollution across major life transitions: a meta-analysis on oxidative stress in amphibians.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Soil Ecotoxicology Needs Robust Biomarkers: A Meta-Analysis Approach to Test the Robustness of Gene Expression-Based Biomarkers for Measuring Chemical Exposure Effects in Soil Invertebrates.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2022Pooled it
- When Does Stress Build Strength? Linking Stress Physiology to Resilience in the Age of Rapid Environmental Change.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026Review
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- Adjusting to urban stress: How Eurasian tree sparrows modulate multiple physiological and nutritional markers across sexes.Current zoology · 2025Article
- Growth but Not Corticosterone, Oxidative Stress, or Telomere Length Is Negatively Affected by Microplastic Exposure in a Filter-Feeding Amphibian.Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2025Article
- First study of heavy metals analysis in hair and oxidative status of European Otters (Lutra lutra) from Southwestern Europe.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Uncovering the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Review
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- Life at new extremes: Integrating stress physiology and the bio-exposome in the Anthropocene.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- Assessment of Oxidative Stress and Associated Biomarkers in Wild Avian Species.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- The ecology of ageing in wild societies: linking age structure and social behaviour.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Review
- Dietary fatty acids modulate oxidative stress response to air pollution but not to infection.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Correlations between oxidative DNA damage and formation of hepatic tumours in two flatfish species from contaminated environments.Biology letters · 2023Article
- Interactive effects of rising temperatures and urbanisation on birds across different climate zones: A mechanistic perspective.Global change biology · 2023Review
- Tissue-specific assessment of oxidative status: Wild boar as a case study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Breeding in the pandemic: short-term lockdown restrictions in a European capital city did not alter the life-history traits of two urban adapters.Urban ecosystems · 2022Article
- Increased lead and glucocorticoid concentrations reduce reproductive success in house sparrows along an urban gradient.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2022Article
- Bioaccumulation of Mercury and Radiocesium in Waterfowl Introduced to a Site with Legacy Contamination.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2022Article
- The Eco-Exposome Concept: Supporting an Integrated Assessment of Mixtures of Environmental Chemicals.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Oxidative stress is the unifying feature underlying the toxicity of anthropogenic pollution (e.g., heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and nitrogen-oxides) and the ultimate culprit in the development of many diseases. Yet, there has been no attempt to summarize the published data on wild terrestrial animals to reveal general trends regarding the effects of pollution on oxidative stress. The main findings of this meta-analysis reveal that, as predicted, there is an overall increase in oxidative stress when exposed to pollution. This is mainly due to a weak overall increase of oxidative damages, although there is some variation across taxa. The reduced form of glutathione (GSH) and its associated enzymes are the most reliable biomarkers. This result is important when choosing biomarkers and when using less-invasive sampling of endangered species, or for longitudinal approaches. To be able to predict future population outcomes, possible treatments, but also evolutionary responses to a changing environment, a greater integration of biotic factors such as temperature, bioavailability of toxic elements, and species-specific responses are needed.
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