Dynamic conservation for migratory species

Citizen science, big data, and a habitat marketplace enable dynamic habitat for migratory birds in California’s Central Valley. In an era of unprecedented and rapid global change, dynamic conservation strategies that tailor the delivery of habitat to when and where it is most needed can be critical for the persistence of species, especially those with diverse and dispersed habitat requirements. We demonstrate the effectiveness of such a strategy for migratory waterbirds. We analyzed citizen science and satellite data to develop predictive models of bird populations and the availability of wetlands, which we used to determine temporal and spatial gaps in habitat during a vital stage of the annual migration. We then filled those gaps using a reverse auction marketplace to incent qualifying landowners to create temporary wetlands on their properties. This approach is a cost-effective way of adaptively meeting habitat needs for migratory species, optimizes conservation outcomes relative to investment, and can be applied broadly to other conservation challenges.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Science Advances

• Publication date

  2017-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1126/sciadv.1700707PMID 28845449PMCID 5567756
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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