Limited shifts in the distribution of migratory bird breeding habitat density in response to future changes in climate.

ABSTRACT: Grasslands, and the depressional wetlands that exist throughout them, are endangered ecosystems that face both climate and land-use change pressures. Tens of millions of dollars are invested annually to manage the existing fragments of these ecosystems to serve as critical breeding habitat for migratory birds. The North American Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) contains millions of depressional wetlands that produce between 50% and 80% of the continent's waterfowl population. Previous modeling efforts suggested that climate change would result in a shift of suitable waterfowl breeding habitat from the central to the southeast portion of the PPR, an area where over half of the depressional wetlands have been drained. The implications of these projections suggest a massive investment in wetland

SUBMITTER: McKenna OP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9285366 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature