Evaluating environmental drivers and synchrony of Arctic shorebird demographic rates to inform conservation management.

ABSTRACT: Many Arctic-breeding shorebirds are assumed to be declining, yet obtaining reliable estimates of species' demographic rates and trends is difficult because of challenges collecting data in remote breeding regions and throughout the annual cycle. For many vulnerable species, data limitations impede efforts to determine appropriate management actions in the face of ongoing environmental change. Integrated population models (IPMs) offer an approach to maximize the utility of available data by providing a framework for estimating demographic rates and environmental drivers of population change, while also accounting for sources of uncertainty. Here, we used an IPM to estimate demographic rates, synchrony, and population trends of Arctic-breeding shorebirds within the context of climatic and ma

SUBMITTER: Davis KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12183352 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature