Indicators of the impact of climate change on migratory species

Endangered Species Research

Robert A. Robinson¹  Sonia Mendes¹  Anthony M. Hutson¹  Humphrey Q. P. Crick¹  Nicholas K. Dulvy¹  Colin D. MacLeod¹  Graeme C. Hays¹  Jon D. R. Houghton¹  Stuart E. Newson¹  Graham J. Pierce¹ 

关键词: Conservation;    Management;    Birds;    Fish;    Mammals;    Turtles;    Bats;    Climate change;    Migration;   

DOI  :  10.3354/esr00162

学科分类：动物科学

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: The Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals adopted a Resolution in 2005 recognising the impacts of climate change on migratory species. It called on Contracting Parties to undertake more research to improve our understanding of these impacts and to implement adaptation measures to reduce foreseeable adverse effects. Given the large diversity of taxa and species affected by climate change, it is impossible to monitor all species and effects thereof. However, it is likely that many of the key ecological and physical processes through which climate change may impact wildlife could be monitored using a suite of indicators, each comprising parameters of species/populations or groups of species as proxies for wider assemblages, habitats and ecosystems. Herein, we identify a suite of 17 indicators whose attributes could reveal negative impacts of climate change on the global status of migratory species:  4 for birds, 4 for marine mammals, 2 for sea turtles, 1 for fish, 3 for land mammals and 3 for bats. A few of these indicators would be relatively straightforward to develop, but most would require additional data collation, and in many cases methodological development. Choosing and developing indicators of the impacts of climate change on migratory species is a challenge, particularly with endangered species, which are subject to many other pressures. To identify and implement conservation measures for these species, indicators must account for the full ensemble of pressures, and link to a system of alerts and triggers for action.

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