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Mismatch between bird species sensitivity and the protection of intact habitats across the Americas
- Source :
- Ecology Letters, Ecology Letters, Wiley, In press, ⟨10.1111/ele.13859⟩, Ecology Letters, In press, ⟨10.1111/ele.13859⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- Protected areas are highly heterogeneous in their effectiveness at buffering human pressure, which may hamper their ability to conserve species highly sensitive to human activities. Here, we use 60 million bird observations from eBird to estimate the sensitivity to human pressure of each bird species breeding in the Americas. Concerningly, we find that ecoregions hosting large proportions of high-sensitivity species, concentrated in tropical biomes, do not have more intact protected habitat. Moreover, 266 high-sensitivity species have little or no intact protected habitat within their distributions. Finally, we show that protected area intactness is decreasing faster where high-sensitivity species concentrate. Our results highlight a major mismatch between species conservation needs and the coverage of intact protected habitats, which likely hampers the long-term effectiveness of protected areas at retaining species. We highlight ecoregions where protection and management of intact habitats, complemented by restoration, is urgently needed.<br />NA
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Conservation of Natural Resources
threatened species
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Biome
Biology
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Birds
03 medical and health sciences
Animals
Humans
Wilderness
Ecosystem
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
030304 developmental biology
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0303 health sciences
Ecology
wilderness
conservation
Biodiversity
human footprint
15. Life on land
Highly sensitive
Habitat
Threatened species
Conservation
Human footprint
Protected areas
Human pressure
Environmental sciences
protected areas
Americas
[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
Protected area
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14610248 and 1461023X
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ecology Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....836c50191902b69036c55b7bb48fd09d