Shorebirds Ecology and Conservation Workshop Convenes at Chaplin Lake

Iglecia, Monica; Winn, Brad; Harrington, Brian; Ignatiuk, Jordan B.; Morrissey, Christy A.; Wilson, Lori

doi:10.29173/bluejay230

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“…However, we identified temporal differences in migration landmarks among harvested species; we expect that the timing of hunting set by regulations may benefit some species more than others based on their phenological match (or mismatch) to hunting seasons. Other management applications of shorebird migration phenology data could inform the timing of shorebird surveys, banding activities, or wetland impoundment flooding to allow invertebrate populations to become established (Iglecia & Winn, 2021).…”

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“…The Caribbean provides diverse habitats scattered over 2.75 million km 2 , with some sites known to support significant concentrations of shorebirds (Aguilar et al, 2019; Cañizares & Reed, 2020; Sorenson & Gerbracht, 2014). Shorebirds are both protected and hunted in different parts of the Caribbean, and migration phenology data can be used by resource managers responsible for maintaining habitat for migratory birds (Iglecia & Winn, 2021), and by policymakers that determine hunting season dates.…”

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Quantifying phenological landmarks of migration shows nonuniform use of the Caribbean by shorebirds

Cañizares

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Reed

2023

Ecology and Evolution

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Of the boreal-and Arctic-breeding North American shorebirds that migrate south through the Caribbean, most individuals continue farther south. However, for many species, some individuals remain beyond the southbound migration period (i.e., throughout the temperate winter and/or summer). This variation among individuals adds complexity to observation data, obscures migration patterns, and could prevent the examination of the use of different Caribbean regions by various shorebird species during migration and in the nonmigratory seasons. Here, we present a novel method that leverages a well-established statistical approach (generalized additive models) to systematically identify migration phenology even for complex passage migrant species with individuals that remain beyond migration. Our method identifies the active migration period using derivatives of a fitted GAM and then calculates phenology metrics based on quantiles of that migration period. We also developed indices to quantify oversummering and overwintering patterns with respect to migration. We analyzed eBird data for 16 North American shorebird species as they traveled South through the insular Caribbean, identifying separate migratory patterns for Cuba,

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Quantifying phenological landmarks of migration shows nonuniform use of the Caribbean by shorebirds

Cañizares

Edwards

Reed

2023

Ecology and Evolution

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“…Many shorebird conservation activities manage for habitat or species of concern (Iglecia & Winn 2021). Land management includes activities like deploying water to create habitat, alternating wetting and drying of rice fields timed with shorebird usage, and prescribed grazing and burning of grasslands or rangelands.…”

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The collective application of shorebird tracking data to conservation

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Anderson

et al. 2024

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Addressing urgent conservation issues, like the drastic declines of North American migratory birds, requires creative, evidence-based, efficient, and collaborative approaches. Over 50% of monitored North American shorebird populations have lost over 50% of their abundance since 1980. To address these declines, we developed a partnership of scientists and practitioners called the Shorebird Science and Conservation Collective (hereinafter “the Collective”). Here, we present this successful case study as an example for others engaged in translational science. The Collective acts as an intermediary whereby dedicated staff collate and analyze data contributions from scientists to support knowledge requests from conservation practitioners. Data contributions from 74 organizations include over 6.7 million shorebird locations forming movement paths of 3,345 individuals representing 36 species tracked across the Americas. We describe the founding and structure of the Collective and conservation activities we supported in our first two years. As the volume of scientific data on animal movements continues to grow, groups like the Collective can be vital liaisons to rapidly integrate and interpret research to support conservation action.

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Shorebirds Ecology and Conservation Workshop Convenes at Chaplin Lake

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Quantifying phenological landmarks of migration shows nonuniform use of the Caribbean by shorebirds

Quantifying phenological landmarks of migration shows nonuniform use of the Caribbean by shorebirds

The collective application of shorebird tracking data to conservation

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