Waterfowl use of wetland habitats informs wetland restoration designs for multi‐species benefits

Casazza, Michael L.; McDuie, Fiona; Jones, Scott F.; Lorenz, Austen A.; Overton, Cory T.; Yee, Julie L.; Feldheim, Cliff L.; Ackerman, Joshua T.; Thorne, Karen M.

doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13845

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“…Casazza et al. ( 2021 ) demonstrated that ducks are attracted to beneficial pond‐like features in sub‐optimal wetland habitats, such as tidal and sub‐tidal wetlands, and our study suggests that even relatively small or isolated natural and artificial habitats in or near commercial livestock facilities can attract waterfowl. Furthermore, even in our small sample size, we tracked multiple individuals to the same areas and facilities and several displayed the high site fidelity typical of waterfowl (Baldassarre, 2014 ; Nicolai et al., 2005 ), visiting the same sites repeatedly over months or across years.…”

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Pathways for avian influenza virus spread: GPS reveals wild waterfowl in commercial livestock facilities and connectivity with the natural wetland landscape

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Zoonotic diseases are of considerable concern to the human population and viruses such as avian influenza (AIV) threaten food security, wildlife conservation and human health. Wild waterfowl and the natural wetlands they use are known AIV reservoirs, with birds capable of virus transmission to domestic poultry populations. While infection risk models have linked migration routes and AIV outbreaks, there is a limited understanding of wild waterfowl presence on commercial livestock facilities, and movement patterns linked to natural wetlands. We documented 11 wild waterfowl (three Anatidae species) in or near eight commercial livestock facilities in Washington and California with GPS telemetry data. Wild ducks used dairy and beef cattle feed lots and facility retention ponds during both day and night suggesting use for roosting and foraging. Two individuals (single locations) were observed inside poultry facility boundaries while using nearby wetlands. Ducks demonstrated high site fidelity, returning to the same areas of habitats (at livestock facilities and nearby wetlands), across months or years, showed strong connectivity with surrounding wetlands, and arrived from wetlands up to 1251 km away in the week prior. Telemetry data provides substantial advantages over observational data, allowing assessment of individual movement behaviour and wetland connectivity that has significant implications for outbreak management. Telemetry improves our understanding of risk factors for waterfowl–livestock virus transmission and helps identify factors associated with coincident space use at the wild waterfowl–domestic livestock interface. Our research suggests that even relatively small or isolated natural and artificial water or food sources in/near facilities increases the likelihood of attracting waterfowl, which has important consequences for managers attempting to minimize or prevent AIV outbreaks. Use and interpretation of telemetry data, especially in near‐real‐time, could provide key information for reducing virus transmission risk between waterfowl and livestock, improving protective barriers between wild and domestic species, and abating outbreaks.

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Pathways for avian influenza virus spread: GPS reveals wild waterfowl in commercial livestock facilities and connectivity with the natural wetland landscape

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“…There is evidence showing that restoring secondary habitat has benefits for species occurrence and abundance (Lewis-Phillips et al 2019;Casazza et al 2021), but can fail without understanding where restoration should occur and how to maximise these efforts (Sutherland et al 2004;Arlettaz et al 2010;Segan et al 2011). It is critical to investigate the value of secondary habitat and its capacity to compensate for the impacts of new developments on biodiversity, and whether these could provide a means to compensate for ongoing primary forest loss (Bennett et al 2017).…”

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Roads and water availability influence the occurrence of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in secondary habitat: a multiscale approach

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Given the high proportion of Earth’s ecosystems already anthropogenically modified, especially through clearing, it is critical we determine whether species can persist outside of their primary habitat as a means of ensuring population persistence in the remaining landscape. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) has been heavily impacted by habitat loss through clearing, and recently upgraded to endangered across its eastern distribution. It is timely to understand what variables may influence the occurrence of koalas in secondary habitat, which can then guide conservation efforts. We surveyed 959 sites with detection dogs to determine the occurrence of koalas through the presence of scats. Using GLMMs, we accounted for environmental and anthropogenic variables that may influence koala occurrence, meanwhile focusing on the use of secondary eucalyptus forests at multiple spatial scales (250, 500, 1500 m radii). Overall koala occurrence was negatively associated with secondary eucalyptus forests compared to primary forests, while there was no effect of total forest area present at any scale. However, we found interactive effects between secondary forest and (1) distance from the closest major road at the smallest landscape scale (250 m radii) and (2) water area at the larger landscape scales (500 m, 1500 m radii). This suggests that occurrence of koalas in secondary forests are predicted to increase when the distance to major roads, and the water area, increase. While protecting primary eucalyptus forests should always be a prioritisation for the conservation of koalas, our results emphasize the important role that secondary eucalyptus forests can play in conservation, as long as these are carefully considered in the landscape context to maximise restoration investments.

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“…While differences in geomorphic setting and/or application differentiate EWN ® projects, many have similar characteristics or needs related to performance evaluation. For instance, beach and dune, wetlands, and riverine systems projects all have vegetation components with similar benefits and goals (e.g., sediment trapping, increased habitat, promoting resilience to stressors; Cahoon et al 2020, Casazza et al 2021. Therefore, similar remote sensing data (e.g., lidar, red-edge sensors) and metrics (e.g., plant and community density; structural, vegetation, and floristic quality indices) could be used to assess the performance (e.g., changes in biomass) and impacts (e.g., elevation changes over time) of those projects.…”

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Remote sensing capabilities to support EWN® projects : an R&D approach to improve project efficiencies and quantify performance

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2022

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Engineering With Nature (EWN®) is a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Initiative and Program that promotes more sustainable practices for delivering economic, environmental, and social benefits through collaborative processes. As the number and variety of EWN® projects continue to grow and evolve, there is an increasing opportunity to improve how to quantify their benefits and communicate them to the public. Recent advancements in remote sensing technologies are significant for EWN® because they can provide project-relevant detail across a large areal extent, in which traditional survey methods may be complex due to site access limitations. These technologies encompass a suite of spatial and temporal data collection and processing techniques used to characterize Earth's surface properties and conditions that would otherwise be difficult to assess. This document aims to describe the general underpinnings and utility of remote sensing technologies and applications for use: (1) in specific phases of the EWN® project life cycle; (2) with specific EWN® project types; and (3) in the quantification and assessment of project implementation, performance, and benefits.

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Waterfowl use of wetland habitats informs wetland restoration designs for multi‐species benefits

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Cited by 25 publications

References 43 publications

Pathways for avian influenza virus spread: GPS reveals wild waterfowl in commercial livestock facilities and connectivity with the natural wetland landscape

Pathways for avian influenza virus spread: GPS reveals wild waterfowl in commercial livestock facilities and connectivity with the natural wetland landscape

Roads and water availability influence the occurrence of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in secondary habitat: a multiscale approach

Remote sensing capabilities to support EWN® projects : an R&D approach to improve project efficiencies and quantify performance

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