Beyond canaries in coal mines: Co-occurrence of Andean mining concessions and migratory birds
Spatial planning and decision-support tools facilitate the consideration of socioecological tradeoffs associated with extractive activities, but insufficient data resources often limit their application. Focusing on birds and mining concessions in the Northern Andes, we illustrate how publicly-avail...
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| description | Spatial planning and decision-support tools facilitate the consideration of socioecological tradeoffs associated with extractive activities, but insufficient data resources often limit their application. Focusing on birds and mining concessions in the Northern Andes, we illustrate how publicly-available data can be used in spatial prioritization tools to identify where concessions have the potential to impact 22 species of Neotropical migratory birds. Concessions covered 11% of the land area of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and disproportionately occurred within important areas for migratory birds in Colombia and Ecuador, but not Peru. eBird data showed that one-quarter of avian species, including the Olive-sided Flycatcher, Cerulean Warbler, and Canada Warbler, had >10% of their global populations on concession land during the non-breeding season. More worrisome, species of greater conservation importance and with larger population declines (1974–2014) were most likely to co-occur with mining. Our approach highlights how public biodiversity data can be used to predict, avoid, or mitigate potential ecological impacts from extractive activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27f6d5cd51ed4fd8a373cf810d4b35932022-12-21T22:32:56ZengElsevierPerspectives in Ecology and Conservation2530-06442019-07-01173151156Beyond canaries in coal mines: Co-occurrence of Andean mining concessions and migratory birdsAmanda D. Rodewald0Matt Strimas-Mackey1Richard Schuster2Peter Arcese3Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA; Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA; Corresponding author at: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USADepartment of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada; Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC V2 N 4Z9, CanadaDepartment of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaSpatial planning and decision-support tools facilitate the consideration of socioecological tradeoffs associated with extractive activities, but insufficient data resources often limit their application. Focusing on birds and mining concessions in the Northern Andes, we illustrate how publicly-available data can be used in spatial prioritization tools to identify where concessions have the potential to impact 22 species of Neotropical migratory birds. Concessions covered 11% of the land area of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and disproportionately occurred within important areas for migratory birds in Colombia and Ecuador, but not Peru. eBird data showed that one-quarter of avian species, including the Olive-sided Flycatcher, Cerulean Warbler, and Canada Warbler, had >10% of their global populations on concession land during the non-breeding season. More worrisome, species of greater conservation importance and with larger population declines (1974–2014) were most likely to co-occur with mining. Our approach highlights how public biodiversity data can be used to predict, avoid, or mitigate potential ecological impacts from extractive activities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064418301779ConservationMigratory birdsMine concessionsPrioritizationSpatial conservation planning |
| spellingShingle | Amanda D. Rodewald Matt Strimas-Mackey Richard Schuster Peter Arcese Beyond canaries in coal mines: Co-occurrence of Andean mining concessions and migratory birds Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Conservation Migratory birds Mine concessions Prioritization Spatial conservation planning |
| title | Beyond canaries in coal mines: Co-occurrence of Andean mining concessions and migratory birds |
| title_full | Beyond canaries in coal mines: Co-occurrence of Andean mining concessions and migratory birds |
| title_fullStr | Beyond canaries in coal mines: Co-occurrence of Andean mining concessions and migratory birds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond canaries in coal mines: Co-occurrence of Andean mining concessions and migratory birds |
| title_short | Beyond canaries in coal mines: Co-occurrence of Andean mining concessions and migratory birds |
| title_sort | beyond canaries in coal mines co occurrence of andean mining concessions and migratory birds |
| topic | Conservation Migratory birds Mine concessions Prioritization Spatial conservation planning |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064418301779 |
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