Assessing Changes of Habitat Quality for Shorebirds in Stopover Sites: a Case Study in Yellow River Delta, China

• Published in: Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 67 - 77
• Main Authors: Li, Xiaowei, Hou, Xiyong, Song, Yang, Shan, Kai, Zhu, Shuyu, Yu, Xiubo, Mo, Xunqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic birds; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Birds; case studies; China; Coastal Sciences; conservation areas; Ecology; ecoregions; Ecosystem Services of Wetlands; Environmental degradation; Environmental Management; Environmental quality; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; habitat destruction; Habitats; Hydrogeology; Land degradation; Landscape Ecology; Life Sciences; mariculture; Marine aquaculture; Nature reserves; Planning; Polls & surveys; river deltas; Rivers; stopover sites; Tidal flats; Yellow River; Yellow Sea; China; Yellow River; Yellow Sea; Habitat quality; Shorebird; Tidal flat; InVEST

The population of shorebirds in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway (EAAF) has severely declined over the past several decades. One reason for this condition is low survival in stopover sites in the Yellow Sea Ecoregion (YSE) due to habitat degradation. Here, we focused on shorebird habitat quality i...