Breeding habitat characteristics of Saunders’s Gull (Saundersilarus saundersi) in the Liao River Estuary National Nature Reserve using MaxEnt
Lu Yang, Zhi Zhang, Weikang Zhang, Tong Zhang, Huan Meng, Yucheng Wang, Beixuelai Zhou, Jinshuang Wang, Zhou Zhou · 2026
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Lu Yang and colleagues published a 2026 habitat study of Saunders's Gull, a globally endangered waterbird whose largest breeding population gathers in China's Liao River Estuary National Nature Reserve. Field surveys at 53 points supplied breeding records, which were combined with 24 environmental variables in a MaxEnt model, a method that predicts where conditions suit a species. Geographic analysis then mapped the most promising breeding ground inside the reserve.
Wet grassland dominated the study area. Four factors together explained about 71 percent of habitat suitability: elevation, wind speed, soil acidity, and soil electrical conductivity, each favouring a fairly narrow band of values. Worryingly, only about two percent of the area counted as highly suitable breeding habitat. The maps give reserve managers exact places to protect and show how field observation plus modelling can guide care of a scarce breeding bird.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lu Yang, Zhi Zhang, Weikang Zhang, Tong Zhang, Huan Meng, Yucheng Wang, Beixuelai Zhou, Jinshuang Wang, Zhou Zhou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58151 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |