Possible changes in favourability areas for Montagu's and hen harriers in Spain according to climate change scenarios
[EN]: We modelled the distribution of Montagu’s harrier Circus pygargus and hen harrier Circus cyaneus in Spain under current conditions. Current favourability for Montagu’s harrier was highest throughout Western Spain, whilst for hen harrier it was concentrated in the Northern half of Spain. We als...
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Sociedad Española de Ornitología
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/144338 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011698 |
| Summary: | [EN]: We modelled the distribution of Montagu’s harrier Circus pygargus and hen harrier Circus cyaneus in Spain under current conditions. Current favourability for Montagu’s harrier was highest throughout Western Spain, whilst for hen harrier it was concentrated in the Northern half of Spain. We also calculated their future climatic favourability according to two climate scenarios. Both forecast a contraction of the favourable areas for both species during future periods. Specifically, the model for the Montagu’s harrier forecast that high favourability areas will be concentrated in Castilla y León, and in the case of hen harriers in the Northern mountain areas of Spain. [ES]: Se ha modelado la distribución de los aguiluchos cenizo Circus pygargus y pálido Circus cyaneus en España según las condiciones ambientales actuales. Las áreas más favorables para el aguilucho cenizo se sitúan en el oeste de España, mientras que las del aguilucho pálido se concentran en la mitad norte de España. También se calculó su favorabilidad climática futura según dos escenarios climáticos. Ambos pronostican una reducción de las áreas favorables para ambas especies en periodos futuros. Concretamente, las zonas favorables para el aguilucho cenizo estarán concentradas en Castilla y León, y las del aguilucho pálido en las áreas más montañosas del norte de España. A. Estrada has a postdoctoral contract jointly financed by the European Social Fund and by the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), in the framework of the Operational Programme FSE 2007-2013. This work was partially financed by the project CGL2009-11316 (I+D project, Subprogramme BOS) funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) and FEDER. Peer Reviewed |
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