Importance of habitat heterogeneity in tidal flats to the conservation of migratory shorebirds

• Published in: Conservation biology Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. e14153 - n/a
• Main Authors: Cai, Shangxiao, Mu, Tong, Peng, He‐Bo, Ma, Zhijun, Wilcove, David S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2024
• Subjects: Abiotic factors; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic birds; ave playera migratoria; Benthic fauna; benthic invertebrate; Benthos; birds; Breakwaters; China; Conservation; Distance; distribución de recursos; Distribution; Distribution patterns; East Asian‐Australasian Flyway; Environmental factors; Food resources; Geographical distribution; habitat heterogeneity; Habitats; heterogeneidad de hábitat; Heterogeneity; Human influences; invertebrado bentónico; Invertebrates; migratory behavior; Migratory birds; migratory shorebird; Migratory species; Population decline; Prey; punto de parada; resource distribution; ruta migratoria Asia Oriental‐Australasia; Seabirds; Sediment; sedimento; Sediments; shorelines; Spatial distribution; Spatial variations; staging site; stopover sites; Threatened species; Tidal flats; Wildlife conservation; wildlife management; Yellow Sea; Zoobenthos; 东亚-澳大利西亚迁飞区; 底栖无脊椎动物; 栖息地异质性; 沉积物; 资源分布; 迁徙停歇地; 迁徙鸻鹬类; Amarillo Texas; United States > US; Yellow Sea; China; 底栖无脊椎动物; punto de parada; staging site; ruta migratoria Asia Oriental-Australasia; heterogeneidad de hábitat; 栖息地异质性; 沉积物; 资源分布; 迁徙鸻鹬类; East Asian-Australasian Flyway; resource distribution; sediment; 东亚-澳大利西亚迁飞区; migratory shorebird; distribución de recursos; ave playera migratoria; benthic invertebrate; sedimento; habitat heterogeneity; 迁徙停歇地; invertebrado bentónico

Understanding species distribution patterns and what determines them is critical for effective conservation planning and management. In the case of shorebirds migrating along the East Asian‐Australasian Flyway (EAAF), the loss of stopover habitat in the Yellow Sea region is thought to be the primary...