An evidence‐based assessment of the past distribution of Golden and White‐tailed Eagles across Wales

Williams, Sophie; Perkins, Sarah E.; Dennis, R.A.; Byrne, James P.; Thomas, Robert J.

doi:10.1111/csp2.240

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“…(2) that, where possible, the target release area is near the core of the historic range or in an area where extirpation was relatively recent. In many cases, these questions can be answered by examining past documentary evidence, considering capture locations of museum specimens (Winker 2004), using instances of where settlement or road names can be used to infer presence of species historically (Williams et al 2020), and, in some recent cases, through direct ecological records and human memory (e.g. Californian condor (Gymnogyps californianus), Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) and common crane (Grus grus) (Toone and Wallace 1994;Walzer et al 2012;Redondo 2017)).…”

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Learning from the past: opportunities for advancing ecological research and practice using palaeoecological data

Goodenough

Webb

2022

Oecologia

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Palaeoecology involves analysis of fossil and sub-fossil evidence preserved within sediments to understand past species distributions, habitats and ecosystems. However, while palaeoecological research is sometimes made relevant to contemporary ecology, especially to advance understanding of biogeographical theory or inform habitat-based conservation at specific sites, most ecologists do not routinely incorporate palaeoecological evidence into their work. Thus most crossdiscipline links are palaeoecology→ecology rather than ecology→palaeoecology. This is likely due to lack of awareness and/or the misnomer that palaeoecology invariably relates to the "distant past" (thousands of years) rather than being applicable to the "recent past" (last ~100-200 years). Here, we highlight opportunities for greater integration of palaeoecology within contemporary ecological research, policy, and practice. We identify situations where palaeoecology has been, or could be, used to: (1) quantify recent temporal change (e.g. population dynamics; predator-prey cycles); (2) "rewind" to a particular point in ecological time (e.g. setting restoration/rewilding targets; classifying cryptogenic species);(3) understand current ecological processes that are hard to study real-time (e.g. identifying keystone species; detecting tipping points); (4) complement primary data and historical records to bridge knowledge gaps (e.g. informing reintroductions and bioindicator frameworks); (5) disentangle natural and anthropogenic processes (e.g. climate change); and (6) draw palaeoecological analogues (e.g. impacts of pests). We conclude that the possibilities for better uniting ecology and palaeoecology to form an emerging cross-boundary paradigm are as extensive as they are exciting: we urge ecologists to learn from the past and seek opportunities to extend, improve, and strengthen their work using palaeoecological data.

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Learning from the past: opportunities for advancing ecological research and practice using palaeoecological data

Goodenough

Webb

2022

Oecologia

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Century‐scale loss and change in the fishes and fisheries of a temperate marine ecosystem revealed by qualitative historical sources

Moore,

Brander,

Evans

et al. 2024

Fish and Fisheries

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Policies aiming to restore ecosystems, achieve thriving fisheries and reverse biodiversity loss require knowledge of their former status and long‐term variation. As quantitative fish data is typically only available for recent decades long after changes may have occurred, a greater use of qualitative sources has been encouraged in marine historical ecology. We examined diverse historical information (including maritime history, fisheries reports, naturalists' accounts, recipes, nautical charts and newspapers) across a multi‐century time span (13th–20th century) for a wide range of species to document their long‐term trajectories in an understudied Northeast Atlantic ecosystem (Irish Sea coast of Wales). We find strong evidence of the loss of both a pelagic fishery for herring, which was of fundamental socio‐ecological importance since at least the 13th century, and the loss of significant multi‐species demersal and intertidal fisheries. Local, commercial and/or functional extinction has occurred for taxa spanning a wide range of diversity (crustacean, elasmobranchs, sturgeon, and teleosts), body size and ecological role, suggesting far‐reaching changes to food webs. This raises fundamental questions about the present‐day health and integrity of this coastal ecosystem and the long‐term viability of current fisheries which depend on a few shellfish species. Our century‐scale synthesis of qualitative data for multiple taxa allows the collective breadth of losses to be fully appreciated and may reduce the risk of ‘shifting baselines’. Restoration to historical baselines may not be achievable, but our findings provide evidence of long‐term change relevant to policies for recovery, and prevention of further decline of fishes, fisheries and ecosystems.

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Early Neolithic avifaunal remains from southeast Anatolia provide insight into Early Holocene species distributions and long‐term shifts in their range

Pöllath,

Peters

2024

Ibis

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Based on the species‐rich avifaunas from Early Neolithic sites across Upper Mesopotamia (southeast Türkiye, northern Syria, northern Iraq), we compared seven species' Early Holocene distribution patterns with that of their modern species ranges. The avifaunal remains from four sites were analysed by the authors and bird identifications from 10 additional sites were extracted from published reports. In the case of the Common Crane Grus grus, Grey Partridge Perdix perdix and Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus, shifts in distributions relate to significant changes in climate marking the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene. In contrast, the massive decline of the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus represents a more recent phenomenon related to anthropogenic impact on their habitats and food sources. For the Black‐bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis and the Pin‐tailed Sandgrouse P. alchata, changes in distributional range from the Early Holocene to the present could not be detected. Finally, a single bone of Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii at Göbekli Tepe is unexpected and conceivably we are dealing with the remains of a rare vagrant, more likely to be found in dry steppe and desert habitats, which were located south of the study area at that time. This study highlights the value of archaeozoological finds in helping to understand how species distributional ranges have changed over time. Similarly, our work suggests that authors studying archaeozoological data should not assume that present‐day distributional ranges of taxa of interest represent the ranges of these species in the past.

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An evidence‐based assessment of the past distribution of Golden and White‐tailed Eagles across Wales

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

Learning from the past: opportunities for advancing ecological research and practice using palaeoecological data

Learning from the past: opportunities for advancing ecological research and practice using palaeoecological data

Century‐scale loss and change in the fishes and fisheries of a temperate marine ecosystem revealed by qualitative historical sources

Early Neolithic avifaunal remains from southeast Anatolia provide insight into Early Holocene species distributions and long‐term shifts in their range

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