Data from: Study "Bar-tailed Godwit geolocator tracking New Zealand 2013-2014"
Data from: Study "Bar-tailed Godwit geolocator tracking New Zealand 2013-2014"
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2024-12-30
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Battley PF, Lisovski S, Conklin JR. 2024. Data from: Study "Bar-tailed Godwit geolocator tracking New Zealand 2013-2014". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.327Abstract
The pace and scale of environmental change represent major challenges to many organisms. Animals that move long distances, such as migratory birds, are especially vulnerable to change since they need chains of intact habitat along their migratory routes. Estimating the resilience of such species to environmental changes assists in targeting conservation efforts. We developed a migration modeling framework to predict past (1960s), present (2010s), and future (2060s) optimal migration strategies across five shorebird species (Scolopacidae) within the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, which has seen major habitat deterioration and loss over the last century, and compared these predictions to empirical tracks from the present. Our model captured the migration strategies of the five species and identified the changes in migrations needed to respond to habitat deterioration and climate change. Notably, the larger species, with single or few major stopover sites, need to establish new migration routes and strategies, while smaller species can buffer habitat loss by redistributing their stopover areas to novel or less-used sites. Comparing model predictions with empirical tracks also indicates that larger species with the stronger need for adaptations continue to migrate closer to the optimal routes of the past, before habitat deterioration accelerated. Our study not only quantifies the vulnerability of species in the face of global change but also explicitly reveals the extent of adaptations required to sustain their migrations. This modeling framework provides a tool for conservation planning that can accommodate the future needs of migratory species.
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Limosa lapponica, animal tracking, avian migration, East Asian-Australasian Flyway, light-level logger, migratory connectivity, optimal migration, solar geolocation
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@misc{001/1_327,
title = {Data from: Study "Bar-tailed Godwit geolocator tracking New Zealand 2013-2014"},
author = {Battley, PF and Lisovski, S and Conklin, JR},
year = {2024},
URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.327},
doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.327},
publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}RIS
TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.327 T1 - Data from: Study "Bar-tailed Godwit geolocator tracking New Zealand 2013-2014" AU - Battley, Phil F. AU - Lisovski, Simeon AU - Conklin, Jesse R. Y1 - 2024/12/30 KW - Limosa lapponica KW - animal movement KW - animal tracking KW - avian migration KW - East Asian-Australasian Flyway KW - light-level logger KW - migratory connectivity KW - optimal migration KW - solar geolocation KW - Limosa lapponica PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.327 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.327 ER -