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Chester CC, Lien AM, Sundberg J, Diffendorfer JE, Gonzalez‐Duarte C, Mattsson BJ, Medellín RA, Semmens DJ, Thogmartin WE, Derbridge JJ, López‐Hoffman L. Using ecosystem services to identify inequitable outcomes in migratory species conservation. Conserv Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Charles C. Chester
- Environmental Studies Program Brandeis University Waltham Massachusetts USA
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- School of Natural Resources and the Environment University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA
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- Department of Geography University of British Columbia Kelowna British Columbia USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center Denver Colorado USA
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- Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management University of Natural Resources and Life Science Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Ecology National Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico City Mexico
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center Denver Colorado USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center La Crosse Wisconsin USA
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- School of Natural Resources and the Environment University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA
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- School of Natural Resources and the Environment University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA
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Mattsson BJ, Mateo-Tomás P, Aebischer A, Rösner S, Kunz F, Schöll EM, Åkesson S, De Rosa D, Orr-Ewing D, Bodega DDL, Ferrer M, Gelpke C, Katzenberger J, Maciorowski G, Mammen U, Kolbe M, Millon A, Mionnet A, Puente JDL, Raab R, Vyhnal S, Ceccolini G, Godino A, Crespo-Luengo G, Sanchez-Agudo JA, Martínez J, Iglesias-Lebrija JJ, Ginés E, Cortés M, Deán JI, Calmaestra RG, Dostál M, Steinborn E, Viñuela J. Enhancing monitoring and transboundary collaboration for conserving migratory species under global change: The priority case of the red kite. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 317:115345. [PMID: 35642814 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Calls for urgent action to conserve biodiversity under global change are increasing, and conservation of migratory species in this context poses special challenges. In the last two decades the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) has provided a framework for several subsidiary instruments including action plans for migratory bird species, but the effectiveness and transferability of these plans remain unclear. Such laws and policies have been credited with positive outcomes for the conservation of migratory species, but the lack of international coordination and on-ground implementation pose major challenges. While research on migratory populations has received growing attention, considerably less emphasis has been given to integrating ecological information throughout the annual cycle for examining strategies to conserve migratory species at multiple scales in the face of global change. We fill this gap through a case study examining the ecological status and conservation of a migratory raptor and facultative scavenger, the red kite (Milvus milvus), whose current breeding range is limited to Europe and is associated with agricultural landscapes and restricted to the temperate zone. Based on our review, conservation actions have been successful at recovering red kite populations within certain regions. Populations however remain depleted along the southern-most edge of the geographic range where many migratory red kites from northern strongholds overwinter. This led us to a forward-looking and integrated strategy that emphasizes international coordination involving researchers and conservation practitioners to enhance the science-policy-action interface. We identify and explore key issues for conserving the red kite under global change, including enhancing conservation actions within and outside protected areas, recovering depleted populations, accounting for climate change, and transboundary coordination in adaptive conservation and management actions. The integrated conservation strategy is sufficiently general such that it can be adapted to inform conservation of other highly mobile species subject to global change.
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- Brady J Mattsson
- Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria.
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- Biodiversity Research Institute (University of Oviedo-CSIC-Principality of Asturias), Mieres, Spain, and Center for Functional Ecology (CFE), Coimbra University, Portugal
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Conservation Ecology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria
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- ARDEA- Associazione per La Ricerca, La Divulgazione e L'Educazione Ambientale, Via Ventilabro 6, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Scotland, UK
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- Doñana Biological Station, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Department of Game Management and Forest Protection, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- ÖKOTOP Halle, MEROS (Monitoring of European Raptors and Owls), Halle, Germany
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- Rotmilanzentrum am Museum Heineanum, Halberstadt, Germany
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS-IRD-Avignon Univ, Institut Méditerranean Biodiversité Ecologie Marine et Continentale (IMBE), Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Ligue pour La Protection des Oiseaux (LPO), Champagne-Ardenne, Outines, France
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- Technical Office for Biology, Deutsch-Wagram, Austria
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Diversidad Humana y Biología Animal, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Diversidad Humana y Biología Animal, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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- GREFA (Grupo de Rehabilitación de La Fauna Autóctona y su Hábitat), Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio Provincial de Agricultura, Ganadería y Medio Ambiente, Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Centro de Recuperación de Fauna Silvestre de La Alfranca, Gobierno de Aragón, Pastriz (Zaragoza), Spain
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- Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales Gorosti, Pamplona, Spain
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- Subdirección General de Biodiversidad Terrestre y Marina, Dirección General de Biodiversidad, Bosques y Desertificación, Ministerio para La Transición Ecológica y El Reto Demográfico, Madrid, Spain
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- University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Rotmilanzentrum am Museum Heineanum, Halberstadt, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC; CSIC-UCLM-JCCM). Ronda de Toledo 12, 13071, Ciudad Real, Spain
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Weegman MD, Alisauskas RT, Kellett DK, Zhao Q, Wilson S, Telenský T. Local population collapse of Ross's and lesser snow geese driven by failing recruitment and diminished philopatry. OIKOS 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.09184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Mitch D. Weegman
- School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Missouri Columbia MO USA
- Dept of Biology, Univ. of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK Canada
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- Dept of Biology, Univ. of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK Canada
- Science and Technology Branch, Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada Saskatoon SK Canada
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- Dept of Biology, Univ. of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK Canada
- Science and Technology Branch, Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada Saskatoon SK Canada
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- School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Missouri Columbia MO USA
- Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Fort Collins CO USA
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- Science and Technology Branch, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada Delta BC Canada
- Dept of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Univ. of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- Inst. for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles Univ. Prague Czech Republic
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McKenna OP, Mushet DM, Kucia SR, McCulloch‐Huseby EC. Limited shifts in the distribution of migratory bird breeding habitat density in response to future changes in climate. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2021; 31:e02428. [PMID: 34318972 PMCID: PMC9285366 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Grasslands, and the depressional wetlands that exist throughout them, are endangered ecosystems that face both climate and land-use change pressures. Tens of millions of dollars are invested annually to manage the existing fragments of these ecosystems to serve as critical breeding habitat for migratory birds. The North American Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) contains millions of depressional wetlands that produce between 50% and 80% of the continent's waterfowl population. Previous modeling efforts suggested that climate change would result in a shift of suitable waterfowl breeding habitat from the central to the southeast portion of the PPR, an area where over half of the depressional wetlands have been drained. The implications of these projections suggest a massive investment in wetland restoration in the southeastern PPR would be needed to sustain waterfowl populations at harvestable levels. We revisited these modeled results indicating how future climate may impact the distribution of waterfowl-breeding habitat using up-to-date climate model projections and a newly developed model for simulating prairie-pothole wetland hydrology. We also presented changes to the number of "May ponds," a metric used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to estimate waterfowl breeding populations and establish harvest regulations. Based on the output of 32 climate models and two emission scenarios, we found no evidence that the distribution of May ponds would shift in the future. However, our results projected a 12% decrease to 1% increase in May pond numbers when comparing the most recent climate period (1989-2018) to the end of the 21st century (2070-2099). When combined, our results suggest areas in the PPR that currently support the highest densities of intact wetland basins, and thus support the largest numbers of breeding-duck pairs, will likely also be the places most critical to maintaining continental waterfowl populations in an uncertain future.
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- Owen P. McKenna
- U.S. Geological SurveyNorthern Prairie Wildlife Research Center8711 37th Street SEJamestownNorth Dakota58401USA
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- U.S. Geological SurveyNorthern Prairie Wildlife Research Center8711 37th Street SEJamestownNorth Dakota58401USA
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- U.S. Geological SurveyNorthern Prairie Wildlife Research Center8711 37th Street SEJamestownNorth Dakota58401USA
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- U.S. Geological SurveyNorthern Prairie Wildlife Research Center8711 37th Street SEJamestownNorth Dakota58401USA
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