Climate‐driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas
Abstract Aim Species are responding to climate change by changing their distributions, creating debate about the effectiveness of existing networks of protected areas. As a contribution to this debate, we assess whether regional winter abundances and distribution of the Smew Mergellus albellus , a m...
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crwiley:10.1111/ddi.12300 2024-09-09T19:52:01+00:00 Climate‐driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas Pavón‐Jordán, Diego Fox, Anthony D. Clausen, Preben Dagys, Mindaugas Deceuninck, Bernard Devos, Koen Hearn, Richard D. Holt, Chas A. Hornman, Menno Keller, Verena Langendoen, Tom Ławicki, Łukasz Lorentsen, Svein H. Luigujõe, Leho Meissner, Włodzimierz Musil, Petr Nilsson, Leif Paquet, Jean‐Yves Stipniece, Antra Stroud, David A. Wahl, Johannes Zenatello, Marco Lehikoinen, Aleksi Brotons, Lluís Suomen Akatemia Danish Nature Agency Kone Fundation 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12300 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fddi.12300 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ddi.12300 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Diversity and Distributions volume 21, issue 5, page 571-582 ISSN 1366-9516 1472-4642 journal-article 2015 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12300 2024-08-13T04:16:01Z Abstract Aim Species are responding to climate change by changing their distributions, creating debate about the effectiveness of existing networks of protected areas. As a contribution to this debate, we assess whether regional winter abundances and distribution of the Smew Mergellus albellus , a migratory waterbird species listed on Annex I ( EU Birds Directive) that overwinters exclusively in European wetlands, changed during 1990–2011, the role of global warming in driving distributional changes and the effectiveness of the network of Special Protection Areas ( SPA s, EU Birds Directive) in the context of climate change. Location Europe. Methods We used site‐specific counts (6,883 sites) from 16 countries covering the entire flyway to estimate annual abundance indices and trends at country, region (north‐eastern, central and south‐western) and flyway scales, inside and outside SPA s. We fitted autoregressive models to assess the effect of winter temperature on the annual abundance indices whilst accounting for autocorrelation. Results The Smew wintering distribution shifted north‐eastwards in Europe in accordance with the predictions of global warming, with increasing numbers in the north‐eastern region and declines in the central region. Trends in wintering numbers were more positive in SPA s on the north‐eastern and south‐western part of the flyway. However, a large proportion of the wintering population remains unprotected in north‐eastern areas outside of the existing SPA network. Main conclusions SPA s accommodated climate‐driven abundance changes in the north‐eastern region of the wintering distribution by supporting increasing numbers of Smew in traditional and newly colonized areas. However, we highlight gaps in the current network, suggesting that urgent policy responses are needed. Given rapid changes in species distributions, we urge regular national and international assessments of the adequacy of the EU Natura 2000 network to ensure coherence in site‐safeguard networks for this and other species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mergellus albellus smew Wiley Online Library Diversity and Distributions 21 5 571 582 |
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Abstract Aim Species are responding to climate change by changing their distributions, creating debate about the effectiveness of existing networks of protected areas. As a contribution to this debate, we assess whether regional winter abundances and distribution of the Smew Mergellus albellus , a migratory waterbird species listed on Annex I ( EU Birds Directive) that overwinters exclusively in European wetlands, changed during 1990–2011, the role of global warming in driving distributional changes and the effectiveness of the network of Special Protection Areas ( SPA s, EU Birds Directive) in the context of climate change. Location Europe. Methods We used site‐specific counts (6,883 sites) from 16 countries covering the entire flyway to estimate annual abundance indices and trends at country, region (north‐eastern, central and south‐western) and flyway scales, inside and outside SPA s. We fitted autoregressive models to assess the effect of winter temperature on the annual abundance indices whilst accounting for autocorrelation. Results The Smew wintering distribution shifted north‐eastwards in Europe in accordance with the predictions of global warming, with increasing numbers in the north‐eastern region and declines in the central region. Trends in wintering numbers were more positive in SPA s on the north‐eastern and south‐western part of the flyway. However, a large proportion of the wintering population remains unprotected in north‐eastern areas outside of the existing SPA network. Main conclusions SPA s accommodated climate‐driven abundance changes in the north‐eastern region of the wintering distribution by supporting increasing numbers of Smew in traditional and newly colonized areas. However, we highlight gaps in the current network, suggesting that urgent policy responses are needed. Given rapid changes in species distributions, we urge regular national and international assessments of the adequacy of the EU Natura 2000 network to ensure coherence in site‐safeguard networks for this and other species. |
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Pavón‐Jordán, Diego Fox, Anthony D. Clausen, Preben Dagys, Mindaugas Deceuninck, Bernard Devos, Koen Hearn, Richard D. Holt, Chas A. Hornman, Menno Keller, Verena Langendoen, Tom Ławicki, Łukasz Lorentsen, Svein H. Luigujõe, Leho Meissner, Włodzimierz Musil, Petr Nilsson, Leif Paquet, Jean‐Yves Stipniece, Antra Stroud, David A. Wahl, Johannes Zenatello, Marco Lehikoinen, Aleksi |
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Pavón‐Jordán, Diego Fox, Anthony D. Clausen, Preben Dagys, Mindaugas Deceuninck, Bernard Devos, Koen Hearn, Richard D. Holt, Chas A. Hornman, Menno Keller, Verena Langendoen, Tom Ławicki, Łukasz Lorentsen, Svein H. Luigujõe, Leho Meissner, Włodzimierz Musil, Petr Nilsson, Leif Paquet, Jean‐Yves Stipniece, Antra Stroud, David A. Wahl, Johannes Zenatello, Marco Lehikoinen, Aleksi Climate‐driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas |
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Pavón‐Jordán, Diego Fox, Anthony D. Clausen, Preben Dagys, Mindaugas Deceuninck, Bernard Devos, Koen Hearn, Richard D. Holt, Chas A. Hornman, Menno Keller, Verena Langendoen, Tom Ławicki, Łukasz Lorentsen, Svein H. Luigujõe, Leho Meissner, Włodzimierz Musil, Petr Nilsson, Leif Paquet, Jean‐Yves Stipniece, Antra Stroud, David A. Wahl, Johannes Zenatello, Marco Lehikoinen, Aleksi |
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Climate‐driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas |
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Climate‐driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas |
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Climate‐driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas |
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Climate‐driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas |
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Climate‐driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas |
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