Batch-produced, GIS-informed range maps for birds based on provenanced, crowd-sourced data inform conservation assessments.

ABSTRACT: Accurate maps of species ranges are essential to inform conservation, but time-consuming to produce and update. Given the pace of change of knowledge about species distributions and shifts in ranges under climate change and land use, a need exists for timely mapping approaches that enable batch processing employing widely available data. We develop a systematic approach of batch-processing range maps and derived Area of Habitat maps for terrestrial bird species with published ranges below 125,000 km2 in Central and South America. (Area of Habitat is the habitat available to a species within its range.) We combine existing range maps with the rapidly expanding crowd-sourced eBird data of presences and absences from frequently surveyed locations, plus readily accessible, high resolution sate

SUBMITTER: Huang RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8612558 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature