Flyway‐Scale Assessment of Habitat Suitability and Key Environmental Drivers for Waterbirds in Southern China
Jiaxu Fan, Peng Du, Yi Lian, Lei Cui, Haixiao Li, Long He, Yuanyuan Tan, Xunqiang Mo, Zhengwang Zhang · 2025
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Description
Jiaxu Fan and co-authors map waterbird habitat across southern China in 2025. Climate shifts and human pressure have shrunk waterbird habitat worldwide. Knowing where good habitat remains, and where reserves miss it, guides protection.
Forty-seven species were modeled with a distribution tool fed by climate, land, and human data. Good habitat hugged the coast and reached inland along big rivers. Plant cover and elevation drove suitability for gulls and shorebirds, while herons favored denser growth. Overlay with reserves exposed gaps, above all in the south and southwest, where coverage lags the habitat map.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jiaxu Fan, Peng Du, Yi Lian, Lei Cui, Haixiao Li, Long He, Yuanyuan Tan, Xunqiang Mo, Zhengwang Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 69 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |