Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Optimizing the conservation of migratory species over their full annual cycle

  • Richard Schuster,
  • Scott Wilson,
  • Amanda D. Rodewald,
  • Peter Arcese,
  • Daniel Fink,
  • Tom Auer,
  • Joseph. R. Bennett

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09723-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Conservation decisions to protect land used by migratory birds rely on understanding species’ dynamic habitat associations. Here the authors identify conservation scenarios needed to maintain >30% of the abundances of 117 migratory birds across the Americas, considering spatial and temporal patterns of species abundance.