Spatial consistency in drivers of population dynamics of a declining migratory bird.

ABSTRACT: Many migratory species are in decline across their geographical ranges. Single-population studies can provide important insights into drivers at a local scale, but effective conservation requires multi-population perspectives. This is challenging because relevant data are often hard to consolidate, and state-of-the-art analytical tools are typically tailored to specific datasets. We capitalized on a recent data harmonization initiative (SPI-Birds) and linked it to a generalized modelling framework to identify the demographic and environmental drivers of large-scale population decline in migratory pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding across Britain. We implemented a generalized integrated population model (IPM) to estimate age-specific vital rates, including their dependency on en

SUBMITTER: Nater CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099983 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature