Declining population trends of European mountain birds
Mountain areas often hold special species communities, and they are high on the list of conservation concern. Global warming and changes in human land use, such as grazing pressure and afforestation, have been suggested to be major threats for biodiversity in the mountain areas, affecting species ab...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:aebeaba1-73c0-4d25-94c6-c84f16eaa7e7 2024-05-19T07:40:10+00:00 Declining population trends of European mountain birds Lehikoinen, Aleksi Brotons, Lluís Calladine, John Campedelli, Tommaso Escandell, Virginia Flousek, Jiri Grueneberg, Christoph Haas, Fredrik Harris, Sarah Herrando, Sergi Husby, Magne Jiguet, Frederic Kålås, John Atle Lindström, Åke Lorrillière, Romain Molina, Blas Pladevall, Clara Calvi, Gianpiero Sattler, Thomas Schmid, Hans Sirkiä, Päivi M. Teufelbauer, Norbert Trautmann, Sven 2019 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/aebeaba1-73c0-4d25-94c6-c84f16eaa7e7 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14522 eng eng Wiley-Blackwell https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/aebeaba1-73c0-4d25-94c6-c84f16eaa7e7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14522 scopus:85058213374 pmid:30548389 Global Change Biology; 25(2), pp 577-588 (2019) ISSN: 1354-1013 Zoology afforestation agriculture alpine habitat common bird monitoring global warming land use changes loss of biodiversity mountains population trend upland contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2019 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14522 2024-04-30T23:40:47Z Mountain areas often hold special species communities, and they are high on the list of conservation concern. Global warming and changes in human land use, such as grazing pressure and afforestation, have been suggested to be major threats for biodiversity in the mountain areas, affecting species abundance and causing distribution shifts towards mountaintops. Population shifts towards poles and mountaintops have been documented in several areas, indicating that climate change is one of the key drivers of species’ distribution changes. Despite the high conservation concern, relatively little is known about the population trends of species in mountain areas due to low accessibility and difficult working conditions. Thanks to the recent improvement of bird monitoring schemes around Europe, we can here report a first account of population trends of 44 bird species from four major European mountain regions: Fennoscandia, UK upland, south-western (Iberia) and south-central mountains (Alps), covering 12 countries. Overall, the mountain bird species declined significantly (−7%) during 2002–2014, which is similar to the declining rate in common birds in Europe during the same period. Mountain specialists showed a significant −10% decline in population numbers. The slope for mountain generalists was also negative, but not significantly so. The slopes of specialists and generalists did not differ from each other. Fennoscandian and Iberian populations were on average declining, while in United Kingdom and Alps, trends were nonsignificant. Temperature change or migratory behaviour was not significantly associated with regional population trends of species. Alpine habitats are highly vulnerable to climate change, and this is certainly one of the main drivers of mountain bird population trends. However, observed declines can also be partly linked with local land use practices. More efforts should be undertaken to identify the causes of decline and to increase conservation efforts for these populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Fennoscandian Lund University Publications (LUP) Global Change Biology 25 2 577 588 |
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Zoology afforestation agriculture alpine habitat common bird monitoring global warming land use changes loss of biodiversity mountains population trend upland Lehikoinen, Aleksi Brotons, Lluís Calladine, John Campedelli, Tommaso Escandell, Virginia Flousek, Jiri Grueneberg, Christoph Haas, Fredrik Harris, Sarah Herrando, Sergi Husby, Magne Jiguet, Frederic Kålås, John Atle Lindström, Åke Lorrillière, Romain Molina, Blas Pladevall, Clara Calvi, Gianpiero Sattler, Thomas Schmid, Hans Sirkiä, Päivi M. Teufelbauer, Norbert Trautmann, Sven Declining population trends of European mountain birds |
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Mountain areas often hold special species communities, and they are high on the list of conservation concern. Global warming and changes in human land use, such as grazing pressure and afforestation, have been suggested to be major threats for biodiversity in the mountain areas, affecting species abundance and causing distribution shifts towards mountaintops. Population shifts towards poles and mountaintops have been documented in several areas, indicating that climate change is one of the key drivers of species’ distribution changes. Despite the high conservation concern, relatively little is known about the population trends of species in mountain areas due to low accessibility and difficult working conditions. Thanks to the recent improvement of bird monitoring schemes around Europe, we can here report a first account of population trends of 44 bird species from four major European mountain regions: Fennoscandia, UK upland, south-western (Iberia) and south-central mountains (Alps), covering 12 countries. Overall, the mountain bird species declined significantly (−7%) during 2002–2014, which is similar to the declining rate in common birds in Europe during the same period. Mountain specialists showed a significant −10% decline in population numbers. The slope for mountain generalists was also negative, but not significantly so. The slopes of specialists and generalists did not differ from each other. Fennoscandian and Iberian populations were on average declining, while in United Kingdom and Alps, trends were nonsignificant. Temperature change or migratory behaviour was not significantly associated with regional population trends of species. Alpine habitats are highly vulnerable to climate change, and this is certainly one of the main drivers of mountain bird population trends. However, observed declines can also be partly linked with local land use practices. More efforts should be undertaken to identify the causes of decline and to increase conservation efforts for these populations. |
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Lehikoinen, Aleksi Brotons, Lluís Calladine, John Campedelli, Tommaso Escandell, Virginia Flousek, Jiri Grueneberg, Christoph Haas, Fredrik Harris, Sarah Herrando, Sergi Husby, Magne Jiguet, Frederic Kålås, John Atle Lindström, Åke Lorrillière, Romain Molina, Blas Pladevall, Clara Calvi, Gianpiero Sattler, Thomas Schmid, Hans Sirkiä, Päivi M. Teufelbauer, Norbert Trautmann, Sven |
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Lehikoinen, Aleksi Brotons, Lluís Calladine, John Campedelli, Tommaso Escandell, Virginia Flousek, Jiri Grueneberg, Christoph Haas, Fredrik Harris, Sarah Herrando, Sergi Husby, Magne Jiguet, Frederic Kålås, John Atle Lindström, Åke Lorrillière, Romain Molina, Blas Pladevall, Clara Calvi, Gianpiero Sattler, Thomas Schmid, Hans Sirkiä, Päivi M. Teufelbauer, Norbert Trautmann, Sven |
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Declining population trends of European mountain birds |
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Declining population trends of European mountain birds |
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Declining population trends of European mountain birds |
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