How do en route events around the Gulf of Mexico influence migratory landbird populations?
- 1 May 2017
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 119 (2) , 327-343
Abstract
Habitats around the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) provide critical resources for Nearctic–Neotropical migratory landbirds, the majority of which travel across or around the GOM every spring and fall as they migrate between temperate breeding grounds in North America and tropical wintering grounds in the Caribbean and Central and South America. At the same time, ecosystems in the GOM are changing rapidly, with unknown consequences for migratory landbird populations, many of which are experiencing population declines. In general, the extent to which events encountered en route limit migratory bird populations is not well understood. At the same time, information from weather surveillance radar, stable isotopes, tracking, eBird, and genetic datasets is increasingly available to address many of the unanswered questions about bird populations that migrate through stopover and airspace habitats in the GOM. We review the state of the science and identify key research needs to understand the impacts of en route e... RESUMEN Los hábitats alrededor del Golfo de México (GDM) proveen recursos críticos para las aves terrestres migratorias Neártico–Neotropicales, la mayoría de las cuales viaja a través o alrededor del GDM cada primavera y otoño cuando migran entre sus zonas de anidación templadas en Norte América y sus zonas de invernada tropicales en el Caribe y en Centro y Sud América. Al mismo tiempo, los ecosistemas del GDM están cambiando rápidamente, con consecuencias desconocidas para las poblaciones de aves terrestres migratorias, muchas de las cuales están experimentando declives poblacionales. En general, no se entiende bien la magnitud con que los eventos encontrados en ruta limitan a las poblaciones de aves migratorias. Al mismo tiempo, la información de radares meteorológicos, isótopos estables, rastreo, eBird y bases de datos genéticos es cada vez más accesible para atender muchas de las preguntas que quedan por responder acerca de las poblaciones de aves que migran a través del espacio aéreo y los hábitats c...Keywords
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