北米 の 鳥 の 減少 は,種 が 最も 豊富 に ある 場所 で 最も 大きい
Alison Johnston1,2, Amanda D Rodewald1,3, Matt Strimas-Mackey1
1Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY, USA.
まとめ
参加科学データによると 北米の鳥の個体数は減少しており ほとんどの種は 増加と減少の両方を示しています 効果的な行動を取るために 保存活動には 微細な人口動向が必要です
科学分野:
- エコロジー
- 保護生物学
- 鳥類学
背景:
- 北米の鳥類の減少を妨げているのは 微細なスケールのデータが限られていることです
- 生物多様性の減少に対処するには 人口の変化を理解することが重要です
研究 の 目的:
- 共有科学データを用いて495種の鳥の大陸の人口変化と相対的な豊富さを推定する.
- 2007年から2021年までの北米全土の鳥の集団動向の微細な空間的異質性を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- 人口動態を分析するためにeBirdの市民科学データを利用しました
- 27kmの解像度で推定された人口変化と相対的な豊富さ.
- 2007年から2021年までの15年間の鳥類495種の動向を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 97パーセントの種が増加と減少の両方を示しています.
- 75%の種が全体的に減少していることが観察されました.
- 最も多い地域 (要塞) で人口が減少したが,最も少ない地域では人口が増加した.
結論:
- 鳥の動態を理解するには,高解像度の人口傾向が不可欠です.
- 発見は,回復の取り組みを優先し,保全戦略を導く必要性を強調しています.
- 詳細な空間的傾向データに基づいた緊急の保全行動が必要である.
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