Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species

Endangered Species Research

Robert A. Robinson¹  David W. Sims4¹  Mads C. Forchhammer¹  Chris D. Thomas¹  Jennifer A. Learmonth¹  Mark M. Rehfisch¹  Brian Huntley¹  Graham J. Pierce¹  0¹  Charles M. Francis¹  Timothy H. Sparks¹  Ilya M. D. Maclean¹  Anthony M. Hutson¹  Franz Bairlein¹  Humphrey Q. P. Crick¹  Graeme C. Hays¹  John Harwood¹  David A. Stroud¹  Jennifer A. Gill¹  Marcel E. Visser¹  M. Bego༚ Santos¹  Brendan J. Godley¹ 

关键词: Birds;    Marine mammals;    Turtles;    Fish;    Phenology;    Population change;    Conservation;   

DOI  :  10.3354/esr00095

学科分类：动物科学

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: Long-distance migrations are among the wonders of the natural world, but this multi-taxon review shows that the characteristics of species that undertake such movements appear to make them particularly vulnerable to detrimental impacts of climate change. Migrants are key components of biological systems in high latitude regions, where the speed and magnitude of climate change impacts are greatest. They also rely on highly productive seasonal habitats, including wetlands and ocean upwellings that, with climate change, may become less food-rich and predictable in space and time. While migrants are adapted to adjust their behaviour with annual changes in the weather, the decoupling of climatic variables between geographically separate breeding and non-breeding grounds is beginning to result in mistimed migration. Furthermore, human land-use and activity patterns will constrain the ability of many species to modify their migratory routes and may increase the stress induced by climate change. Adapting conservation strategies for migrants in the light of climate change will require substantial shifts in site designation policies, flexibility of management strategies and the integration of forward planning for both people and wildlife. While adaptation to changes may be feasible for some terrestrial systems, wildlife in the marine ecosystem may be more dependent on the degree of climate change mitigation that is achievable.

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