Evaluating staging habitat quality to advance the conservation of a declining migratory shorebird, Red Knot Calidris canutus
Abstract Identifying where and when population ‘bottlenecks’ occur is critical to the conservation of migratory species, many of which are declining precipitously worldwide. Especially challenging is the evaluation of changes to staging sites. These sites are indispensable links in the migratory cyc...
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crwiley:10.1111/1365-2664.14220 2024-09-15T18:00:47+00:00 Evaluating staging habitat quality to advance the conservation of a declining migratory shorebird, Red Knot Calidris canutus Mu, Tong Cai, Shangxiao Peng, He‐Bo Hassell, Chris J. Boyle, Adrian Zhang, Zhengwang Piersma, Theunis Wilcove, David S. High Meadows Foundation 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14220 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2664.14220 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/1365-2664.14220 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2664.14220 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Applied Ecology volume 59, issue 8, page 2084-2093 ISSN 0021-8901 1365-2664 journal-article 2022 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14220 2024-09-05T05:08:35Z Abstract Identifying where and when population ‘bottlenecks’ occur is critical to the conservation of migratory species, many of which are declining precipitously worldwide. Especially challenging is the evaluation of changes to staging sites. These sites are indispensable links in the migratory cycle but are typically used only briefly. We devised a field‐based approach to assess the quality and carrying capacity of a critical staging site in Nanpu, China, for the declining, migratory Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rogersi & C. c. piersmai ) during northward migration. The Nanpu tidal flat supports 50,000–100,000 Red Knots annually, and while there, the knots feed almost exclusively on the bivalve Potamocorbula laevis . We simultaneously monitored changes in the abundance of Red Knots and bivalves across this entire staging site in spring 2018. After taking into account potential competition with other shorebird species, we estimated that the Nanpu tidal flat was capable of supporting approximately 1.46–1.70 times the observed level of Red Knot usage of this site, and therefore is operating below, but close to, carrying capacity with respect to food resources for Red Knots. This result suggests that any further habitat loss or degradation at this site could harm the Red Knot population along the entire East Asian‐Australasian Flyway. Synthesis and applications . Quantitative monitoring and evaluation of habitat quality of staging sites are essential to successfully conserve declining migratory species. In particular, researchers and conservation practitioners should incorporate both population size and staging duration to more accurately assess the importance of different sites and to quantify how changes in staging habitat quality may translate into changes in the population sizes of migratory species at both local and global scales. Article in Journal/Newspaper Calidris canutus Red Knot Wiley Online Library Journal of Applied Ecology 59 8 2084 2093 |
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Abstract Identifying where and when population ‘bottlenecks’ occur is critical to the conservation of migratory species, many of which are declining precipitously worldwide. Especially challenging is the evaluation of changes to staging sites. These sites are indispensable links in the migratory cycle but are typically used only briefly. We devised a field‐based approach to assess the quality and carrying capacity of a critical staging site in Nanpu, China, for the declining, migratory Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rogersi & C. c. piersmai ) during northward migration. The Nanpu tidal flat supports 50,000–100,000 Red Knots annually, and while there, the knots feed almost exclusively on the bivalve Potamocorbula laevis . We simultaneously monitored changes in the abundance of Red Knots and bivalves across this entire staging site in spring 2018. After taking into account potential competition with other shorebird species, we estimated that the Nanpu tidal flat was capable of supporting approximately 1.46–1.70 times the observed level of Red Knot usage of this site, and therefore is operating below, but close to, carrying capacity with respect to food resources for Red Knots. This result suggests that any further habitat loss or degradation at this site could harm the Red Knot population along the entire East Asian‐Australasian Flyway. Synthesis and applications . Quantitative monitoring and evaluation of habitat quality of staging sites are essential to successfully conserve declining migratory species. In particular, researchers and conservation practitioners should incorporate both population size and staging duration to more accurately assess the importance of different sites and to quantify how changes in staging habitat quality may translate into changes in the population sizes of migratory species at both local and global scales. |
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Mu, Tong Cai, Shangxiao Peng, He‐Bo Hassell, Chris J. Boyle, Adrian Zhang, Zhengwang Piersma, Theunis Wilcove, David S. Evaluating staging habitat quality to advance the conservation of a declining migratory shorebird, Red Knot Calidris canutus |
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Evaluating staging habitat quality to advance the conservation of a declining migratory shorebird, Red Knot Calidris canutus |
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Evaluating staging habitat quality to advance the conservation of a declining migratory shorebird, Red Knot Calidris canutus |
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Evaluating staging habitat quality to advance the conservation of a declining migratory shorebird, Red Knot Calidris canutus |
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