Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird
Recent studies have suggested that protected areas often fail to conserve target species. However, the efficacy of terrestrial protected areas is difficult to measure, especially for highly vagile species like migratory birds that may move between protected and unpro-tected areas throughout their li...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/357623 2024-01-07T09:42:52+01:00 Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird Soriano-Redondo, Andrea Inger, Richard Sherley, Richard B. Rees, Eileen C. Abadi, Fitsum McElwaine, Graham Colhoun, Kendrew Einarsson, Olafur Thorstensen, Sverrir Newth, Julia Brides, Kane Hodgson, David J. Bearhop, Stuart Department of Geosciences and Geography 2023-05-05T11:59:03Z 8 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/357623 eng eng National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.2212035120 Soriano-Redondo , A , Inger , R , Sherley , R B , Rees , E C , Abadi , F , McElwaine , G , Colhoun , K , Einarsson , O , Thorstensen , S , Newth , J , Brides , K , Hodgson , D J & Bearhop , S 2023 , ' Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird ' , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , vol. 120 , no. 12 . https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2212035120 ORCID: /0000-0003-0728-730X/work/134441121 36913571 8aef5fb1-bf9b-4f71-9a2a-14858b1738c0 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/357623 000959773200007 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Demography Migration Protected area 1172 Environmental sciences Article publishedVersion 2023 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:07:36Z Recent studies have suggested that protected areas often fail to conserve target species. However, the efficacy of terrestrial protected areas is difficult to measure, especially for highly vagile species like migratory birds that may move between protected and unpro-tected areas throughout their lives. Here, we use a 30-y dataset of detailed demographic data from a migratory waterbird, the Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), to assess the value of nature reserves (NRs). We assess how demographic rates vary at sites with varying levels of protection and how they are influenced by movements between sites. Swans had a lower breeding probability when wintering inside NRs than outside but better survival for all age classes, generating a 30-fold higher annual growth rate within NRs. There was also a net movement of individuals from NRs to non-NRs. By combining these demographic rates and estimates of movement (into and out of NRs) into popu-lation projection models, we show that the NRs should help to double the population of swans wintering in the United Kingdom by 2030. These results highlight the major effect that spatial management can have on species conservation, even when the areas protected are relatively small and only used during short periods of the life cycle. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 12 |
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Demography Migration Protected area 1172 Environmental sciences Soriano-Redondo, Andrea Inger, Richard Sherley, Richard B. Rees, Eileen C. Abadi, Fitsum McElwaine, Graham Colhoun, Kendrew Einarsson, Olafur Thorstensen, Sverrir Newth, Julia Brides, Kane Hodgson, David J. Bearhop, Stuart Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird |
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Recent studies have suggested that protected areas often fail to conserve target species. However, the efficacy of terrestrial protected areas is difficult to measure, especially for highly vagile species like migratory birds that may move between protected and unpro-tected areas throughout their lives. Here, we use a 30-y dataset of detailed demographic data from a migratory waterbird, the Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), to assess the value of nature reserves (NRs). We assess how demographic rates vary at sites with varying levels of protection and how they are influenced by movements between sites. Swans had a lower breeding probability when wintering inside NRs than outside but better survival for all age classes, generating a 30-fold higher annual growth rate within NRs. There was also a net movement of individuals from NRs to non-NRs. By combining these demographic rates and estimates of movement (into and out of NRs) into popu-lation projection models, we show that the NRs should help to double the population of swans wintering in the United Kingdom by 2030. These results highlight the major effect that spatial management can have on species conservation, even when the areas protected are relatively small and only used during short periods of the life cycle. Peer reviewed |
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Soriano-Redondo, Andrea Inger, Richard Sherley, Richard B. Rees, Eileen C. Abadi, Fitsum McElwaine, Graham Colhoun, Kendrew Einarsson, Olafur Thorstensen, Sverrir Newth, Julia Brides, Kane Hodgson, David J. Bearhop, Stuart |
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Soriano-Redondo, Andrea Inger, Richard Sherley, Richard B. Rees, Eileen C. Abadi, Fitsum McElwaine, Graham Colhoun, Kendrew Einarsson, Olafur Thorstensen, Sverrir Newth, Julia Brides, Kane Hodgson, David J. Bearhop, Stuart |
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Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird |
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Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird |
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Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird |
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Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird |
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Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird |
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demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird |
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10.1073/pnas.2212035120 Soriano-Redondo , A , Inger , R , Sherley , R B , Rees , E C , Abadi , F , McElwaine , G , Colhoun , K , Einarsson , O , Thorstensen , S , Newth , J , Brides , K , Hodgson , D J & Bearhop , S 2023 , ' Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird ' , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , vol. 120 , no. 12 . https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2212035120 ORCID: /0000-0003-0728-730X/work/134441121 36913571 8aef5fb1-bf9b-4f71-9a2a-14858b1738c0 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/357623 000959773200007 |
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