Connectivity between countries established by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African-Eurasian flyway.

ABSTRACT: The conservation of long-distance migratory birds requires coordination between the multiple countries connected by the movements of these species. The recent expansion of tracking studies is shedding new light on these movements, but much of this information is fragmented and inaccessible to conservation practitioners and policy makers. We synthesized current knowledge on the connectivity established between countries by landbirds and raptors migrating along the African-Eurasian flyway. We reviewed tracking studies to compile migration records for 1229 individual birds, from which we derived 544 migratory links, each link corresponding to a species' connection between a breeding country in Europe and a nonbreeding country in sub-Saharan Africa. We used these migratory links to analyze tre

SUBMITTER: Guilherme JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10107209 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature