Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale

Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important tool to investigate temporal and spatial patterns of bird mortality as well as their drivers. We compiled 1704 mortality records from tracking...

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Autores: Serratosa, Juan, Oppel, Steffen, Rotics, Shay, Santangeli, Andrea, Butchart, Stuart H.M., Cano Alonso, Luis S., Tellería Jorge, José Luis, Kemp, Ryno, Nicholas, Aaron, Kalvāns, Aigars, Galarza, Aitor, Franco, Aldina M.A., Andreotti, Alessandro, Kirschel, Alexander N.G., Ngari, Alex, Soutullo, Alvaro, Bermejo-Bermejo, Ana, Botha, Andre J., Ferri, Andrea, Evangelidis, Angelos, Cenerini, Anna, Stamenov, Anton, Hernández-Matías, Antonio, Aradis, Arianna, Grozdanov, Atanas P., Rodríguez, Beneharo, Şekercioğlu, Çağan H., Cerecedo-Iglesias, Catuxa, Kassara, Christina, Barboutis, Christos, Bracebridge, Claire, García-Ripollés, Clara, Kendall, Corinne J., Denac, Damijan, Schabo, Dana G., Barber, David R., Popov, Dimitar V., Dobrev, Dobromir D., Mallia, Egidio, Kmetova-Biro, Elena, Álvarez, Ernesto, Buechley, Evan R., Bragin, Evgeny A., Cordischi, Fabrizio, Zengeya, Fadzai M., Monti, Flavio, Mougeot, Francois, Tate, Gareth, Stoyanov, Georgi, Dell'Omo, Giacomo, Lucia, Giuseppe, Gradev, Gradimir, Ceccolini, Guido, Friedemann, Guilad, Bauer, Hans-Günther, Kolberg, Holger, Peshev, Hristo, Catry, Inês, Øien, Ingar J., Alanís, Isidoro Carbonell, Literák, Ivan, Pokrovsky, Ivan, Ojaste, Ivar, Østnes, Jan E., de la Puente, Javier, Real, Joan, Guilherme, João L., González, José C., Fernández-García, José M., Gil, Juan Antonio, Terraube, Julien, Poprach, Karel, Aghababyan, Karen, Klein, Katharina, Bildstein, Keith L., Wolter, Kerri, Janssens, Kjell, Kittelberger, Kyle D., Thompson, Lindy J., AlJahdhami, Mansoor H., Galán, Manuel, Tobolka, Marcin, Posillico, Mario, Cipollone, Mario, Gschweng, Marion, Strazds, Māris, Boorman, Mark, Zvidzai, Mark, Acácio, Marta, Romero, Marta, Wikelski, Martin, Schmidt, Matthias, Sarà, Maurizio, McGrady, Michael J., Dagys, Mindaugas, Mackenzie, Monique L., Al Taq, Muna, Mgumba, Msafiri P., Virani, Munir Z., Kassinis, Nicolaos I., Borgianni, Nicolò, Thie, Nikki, Tsiopelas, Nikos, Anglister, Nili, Farwig, Nina, Sapir, Nir, Kleven, Oddmund, Krone, Oliver, Duriez, Olivier, Spiegel, Orr, Al Nouri, Osama, López-López, Pascual, Byholm, Patrik, Kamath, Pauline L., Mirski, Paweł, Palatitz, Peter, Serroni, Pietro, Raab, Rainer, Buij, Ralph, Žydelis, Ramūnas, Nathan, Ran, Bowie, Rauri C.K., Tsiakiris, Rigas, Hatfield, Richard Stratton, Harel, Roi, Kroglund, Rolf T., Efrat, Ron, Limiñana, Ruben, Javed, Salim, Marinković, Saša P., Rösner, Sascha, Pekarsky, Sasha, Kapila, Shiv R., Marin, Simeon A., Krejčí, Šimon, Giokas, Sinos, Tumanyan, Siranush, Turjeman, Sondra, Krüger, Sonja C., Ewing, Steven R., Stoychev, Stoycho, Nikolov, Stoyan C., Qaneer, Tareq E., Spatz, Theresa, Hadjikyriakou, Thomas G., Mueller, Thomas, Katzner, Todd E., Aarvak, Tomas, Veselovský, Tomáš, Nygård, Torgeir, Mellone, Ugo, Väli, Ülo, Sellis, Urmas, Urios, Vicente, Nemček, Vladimír, Arkumarev, Volen, Getz, Wayne M., Fiedler, Wolfgang, Van den Bossche, Willem, Lehnardt, Yael, Jones, Victoria R.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/118853
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118853
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:598.2
591.5
Tracking technologies
Mortality
Bird conservation
Energy infrastructure
Renewable energy
Illegal killing
Poisoning
Aves
Zoología
Ecología (Biología)
2401 Biología Animal (Zoología)
2401.20 Ornitología
2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
2401.06 Ecología Animal
Descrição
Resumo:Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important tool to investigate temporal and spatial patterns of bird mortality as well as their drivers. We compiled 1704 mortality records from tracking studies across the African-Eurasian flyway for 45 species, including raptors, storks, and cranes, covering the period from 2003 to 2021. Our results show a higher frequency of human-induced causes of mortality than natural causes across taxonomic groups, geographical areas, and age classes. Moreover, we found that the frequency of human-induced mortality remained stable over the study period. From the human-induced mortality events with a known cause (n = 637), three main causes were identified: electrocution (40.5 %), illegal killing (21.7 %), and poisoning (16.3 %). Additionally, combined energy infrastructure-related mortality (i.e., electrocution, power line collision, and wind-farm collision) represented 49 % of all human-induced mortality events. Using a random forest model, the main predictors of human-induced mortality were found to be taxonomic group, geographic location (latitude and longitude), and human footprint index value at the location of mortality. Despite conservation efforts, human drivers of bird mortality in the African-Eurasian flyway do not appear to have declined over the last 15 years for the studied group of species. Results suggest that stronger conservation actions to address these threats across the flyway can reduce their impacts on species. In particular, projected future development of energy infrastructure is a representative example where application of planning, operation, and mitigation measures can enhance bird conservation.

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