Paola Movalli,^* Mario Lo Valvo,^** M. Glória Pereira,^*** Daniel Osborn<sup>****


*</sup>Paola Movalli is Senior Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Ecology, University of Palermo, Italy, and was previously Senior Marie Curie Fellow at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood, UK. Both fellowships have focused on ecotoxicology of raptors. She conceived and convened the Scopello workshop on monitoring for and with raptors in Europe in 2006 and coordinates the raptor monitoring network that emerged from the workshop. She holds a PhD in Food and Environmental Toxicology and has worked principally on environmental toxicology, in particular, contaminants in birds and fish. Her address: Rue Copernic 6G, 1180 Bruxelles, Belgium. pmduke@unipa.it
^**Mario Lo Valvo is Researcher at the Department of Animal Biology, University of Palermo, Italy. He works on the biology, ecology, and conservation of terrestrial vertebrates, largely in Sicily. He is involved in the reintroduction of the griffon vulture in Sicily, has participated in the national action plan for the hare Lepus corsicanus, and in atlases of various taxa in Sicily, Italy, and Europe. He recently described a species new to science, the Sicilian green toad Bufo siculus. He convened, with Movalli Duke, the Scopello workshop on monitoring for and with raptors in Europe in 2006. His address: Dipartimento di Biologia Animale “G. Reverberi,” Universitá degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123 Palermo. mlovalvo@unipa.it
^***Glória Pereira is working as a vertebrate ecotoxicologist at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. She is a researcher on a range of projects investigating the exposure to and effects of contaminants on wild birds and mammals. She has extensive experience with analysis of chemicals in environmental matrices, and she conducted the chemical analyses on the samples that are reported in this paper. Her address: Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK. mdgds@ceh.ac.uk
^****Daniel Osborn is the UK Natural Environment Research Council's Strategic Partnerships Broker, Science to Policy and Public Sector Liaison, in which capacity he develops dialogue with and links to NERC's stakeholders. He has directed, coordinated, and originated a range of NERC research programs and worked in government on pollution control legislation and other policy areas. He aims to foster iterations among science, policy, and environmental management. He is Deputy Chair of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and chairs the British Ecological Society's Public and Policy Committee. He is currently contributing to the planning and development phases of “Living with Environmental Change” and to NERC's growing emphasis on knowledge exchange. His address: Natural Environment Research Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1EU, UK. dano@nerc.ac.uk