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The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of the north-central U.S. and south-central Canada contains millions of small prairie wetlands that provide critical habitat to many migrating and breeding waterbirds. Due to their small size and the relatively dry climate of the region, these wetlands are considered at high risk for negative climate change effects as temperatures increase. To estimate the potential impacts of climate change on breeding waterbirds, we predicted current and future distributions of species common in the PPR using species distribution models (SDMs). We created regional-scale SDMs for the U.S. PPR using Breeding Bird Survey occurrence records for 1971–2011 and wetland, upland, and climate variables....
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The habitats and food resources required to support breeding and migrant birds dependent on North American prairie wetlands are threatened by impending climate change. The North American Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) hosts nearly 120 species of wetland-dependent birds representing 21 families. Strategic management requires knowledge of avian habitat requirements and assessment of species most vulnerable to future threats. We applied bioclimatic species distribution models (SDMs) to project range changes of 29 wetland-dependent bird species using ensemble modeling techniques, a large number of General Circulation Models (GCMs), and hydrological climate covariates. For the U.S. PPR, mean projected range change, expressed...
Categories: Data,
Publication;
Types: Citation,
Map Service,
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OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2010,
2011,
2012,
Climate change,
Conservation NGOs, All tags...
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Federal resource managers,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives,
Plains and Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
Prairie Pothole Region,
Presentation,
Publication,
Regional & county planners,
Report,
State agencies,
Training/Outreach/Workshop,
Vulnerability Assessment,
avian conservation,
climate models,
completed,
downscale climate models,
environment,
environment,
migratory birds,
plains and prairie potholes landscape conservation cooperative, Fewer tags
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