Waterbird Diversity Patterns Under Varied Hydrological Regimes in Dongting Lake and Surrounding Lakes.

ABSTRACT: Globally, climate and human-induced environmental changes affect the populations and distributions of most organisms. This is particularly true for migratory birds, which change habitats throughout the annual cycle. Understanding how waterbirds adapt to environmental change is important for their conservation; however, this subject remains largely unexplored. Based on wintering waterbirds and environmental data from Dongting Lake and its surrounding lakes, we compared the changes in waterbird diversity in subregions with different habitat variations during four hydrological periods. This allowed us to identify key environmental factors affecting waterbird diversity and explore the potential mechanisms by which waterbirds adjust to these environmental changes using the waterbird-habitat pat

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12559672 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature