Reassessment of French breeding bird population sizes using citizen science and accounting for species detectability.

ABSTRACT: Higher efficiency in large-scale and long-term biodiversity monitoring can be obtained through the use of Essential Biodiversity Variables, among which species population sizes provide key data for conservation programs. Relevant estimations and assessment of actual population sizes are critical for species conservation, especially in the current context of global biodiversity erosion. However, knowledge on population size varies greatly, depending on species conservation status and ranges. While the most threatened or restricted-range species generally benefit from exhaustive counts and surveys, monitoring common and widespread species population size tends to be neglected or is simply more challenging to achieve. In such a context, citizen science (CS) is a powerful tool for the long-ter

SUBMITTER: Nabias J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363910 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature