Population estimates for tidal marsh birds of high conservation concern in the northeastern USA from a design-based survey
| Autor: | Whitney A. Wiest, Chris S. Elphick, David R. Curson, Thomas P. Hodgman, Brian J. Olsen, Maureen D. Correll, W. Gregory Shriver |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
education.field_of_study geography geography.geographical_feature_category Marsh biology Ecology Population Climate change Wetland biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Monitoring program 010605 ornithology Habitat Salt marsh Animal Science and Zoology education Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Ammodramus |
| Zdroj: | The Condor. 118:274-288 |
| ISSN: | 1938-5129 0010-5422 |
| DOI: | 10.1650/condor-15-30.1 |
| Popis: | Tidal marsh loss to anthropogenic environmental impacts and climate change, particularly sea level rise, has and will continue to cause declines in tidal marsh bird populations. Distribution patterns of tidal marsh birds are generally known, yet we lack detailed knowledge of local abundance and regional population sizes, which limits our ability to develop effective conservation strategies that will mitigate the impacts of marsh loss. We designed and implemented a probabilistic sampling framework to establish a regional marsh bird monitoring program, and collected baseline information for breeding tidal marsh birds in the northeastern USA (Maine to Virginia). We sampled 1,780 locations in 2011–2012 to provide regional population estimates for 5 tidal marsh–specialist birds. We estimated that there were 151,000 Clapper Rails (Rallus crepitans; 95% CI = 90,000–212,000), 117,000 Willets (Tringa semipalmata; 95% CI = 88,000–146,000), 5,000 Nelson's Sparrows (Ammodramus nelsoni; 95% CI = 1,000–9,000),... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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