RT Journal Article
T1 Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale
A1 Serratosa, Juan
A1 Oppel, Steffen
A1 Rotics, Shay
A1 Santangeli, Andrea
A1 Butchart, Stuart H.M.
A1 Cano Alonso, Luis S.
A1 Tellería Jorge, José Luis
A1 Kemp, Ryno
A1 Nicholas, Aaron
A1 Kalvāns, Aigars
A1 Galarza, Aitor
A1 Franco, Aldina M.A.
A1 Andreotti, Alessandro
A1 Kirschel, Alexander N.G.
A1 Ngari, Alex
A1 Soutullo, Alvaro
A1 Bermejo-Bermejo, Ana
A1 Botha, Andre J.
A1 Ferri, Andrea
A1 Evangelidis, Angelos
A1 Cenerini, Anna
A1 Stamenov, Anton
A1 Hernández-Matías, Antonio
A1 Aradis, Arianna
A1 Grozdanov, Atanas P.
A1 Rodríguez, Beneharo
A1 Şekercioğlu, Çağan H.
A1 Cerecedo-Iglesias, Catuxa
A1 Kassara, Christina
A1 Barboutis, Christos
A1 Bracebridge, Claire
A1 García-Ripollés, Clara
A1 Kendall, Corinne J.
A1 Denac, Damijan
A1 Schabo, Dana G.
A1 Barber, David R.
A1 Popov, Dimitar V.
A1 Dobrev, Dobromir D.
A1 Mallia, Egidio
A1 Kmetova-Biro, Elena
A1 Álvarez, Ernesto
A1 Buechley, Evan R.
A1 Bragin, Evgeny A.
A1 Cordischi, Fabrizio
A1 Zengeya, Fadzai M.
A1 Monti, Flavio
A1 Mougeot, Francois
A1 Tate, Gareth
A1 Stoyanov, Georgi
A1 Dell'Omo, Giacomo
A1 Lucia, Giuseppe
A1 Gradev, Gradimir
A1 Ceccolini, Guido
A1 Friedemann, Guilad
A1 Bauer, Hans-Günther
A1 Kolberg, Holger
A1 Peshev, Hristo
A1 Catry, Inês
A1 Øien, Ingar J.
A1 Alanís, Isidoro Carbonell
A1 Literák, Ivan
A1 Pokrovsky, Ivan
A1 Ojaste, Ivar
A1 Østnes, Jan E.
A1 de la Puente, Javier
A1 Real, Joan
A1 Guilherme, João L.
A1 González, José C.
A1 Fernández-García, José M.
A1 Gil, Juan Antonio
A1 Terraube, Julien
A1 Poprach, Karel
A1 Aghababyan, Karen
A1 Klein, Katharina
A1 Bildstein, Keith L.
A1 Wolter, Kerri
A1 Janssens, Kjell
A1 Kittelberger, Kyle D.
A1 Thompson, Lindy J.
A1 AlJahdhami, Mansoor H.
A1 Galán, Manuel
A1 Tobolka, Marcin
A1 Posillico, Mario
A1 Cipollone, Mario
A1 Gschweng, Marion
A1 Strazds, Māris
A1 Boorman, Mark
A1 Zvidzai, Mark
A1 Acácio, Marta
A1 Romero, Marta
A1 Wikelski, Martin
A1 Schmidt, Matthias
A1 Sarà, Maurizio
A1 McGrady, Michael J.
A1 Dagys, Mindaugas
A1 Mackenzie, Monique L.
A1 Al Taq, Muna
A1 Mgumba, Msafiri P.
A1 Virani, Munir Z.
A1 Kassinis, Nicolaos I.
A1 Borgianni, Nicolò
A1 Thie, Nikki
A1 Tsiopelas, Nikos
A1 Anglister, Nili
A1 Farwig, Nina
A1 Sapir, Nir
A1 Kleven, Oddmund
A1 Krone, Oliver
A1 Duriez, Olivier
A1 Spiegel, Orr
A1 Al Nouri, Osama
A1 López-López, Pascual
A1 Byholm, Patrik
A1 Kamath, Pauline L.
A1 Mirski, Paweł
A1 Palatitz, Peter
A1 Serroni, Pietro
A1 Raab, Rainer
A1 Buij, Ralph
A1 Žydelis, Ramūnas
A1 Nathan, Ran
A1 Bowie, Rauri C.K.
A1 Tsiakiris, Rigas
A1 Hatfield, Richard Stratton
A1 Harel, Roi
A1 Kroglund, Rolf T.
A1 Efrat, Ron
A1 Limiñana, Ruben
A1 Javed, Salim
A1 Marinković, Saša P.
A1 Rösner, Sascha
A1 Pekarsky, Sasha
A1 Kapila, Shiv R.
A1 Marin, Simeon A.
A1 Krejčí, Šimon
A1 Giokas, Sinos
A1 Tumanyan, Siranush
A1 Turjeman, Sondra
A1 Krüger, Sonja C.
A1 Ewing, Steven R.
A1 Stoychev, Stoycho
A1 Nikolov, Stoyan C.
A1 Qaneer, Tareq E.
A1 Spatz, Theresa
A1 Hadjikyriakou, Thomas G.
A1 Mueller, Thomas
A1 Katzner, Todd E.
A1 Aarvak, Tomas
A1 Veselovský, Tomáš
A1 Nygård, Torgeir
A1 Mellone, Ugo
A1 Väli, Ülo
A1 Sellis, Urmas
A1 Urios, Vicente
A1 Nemček, Vladimír
A1 Arkumarev, Volen
A1 Getz, Wayne M.
A1 Fiedler, Wolfgang
A1 Van den Bossche, Willem
A1 Lehnardt, Yael
A1 Jones, Victoria R.
AB Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important tool to investigate temporal and spatial patterns of bird mortality as well as their drivers. We compiled 1704 mortality records from tracking studies across the African-Eurasian flyway for 45 species, including raptors, storks, and cranes, covering the period from 2003 to 2021. Our results show a higher frequency of human-induced causes of mortality than natural causes across taxonomic groups, geographical areas, and age classes. Moreover, we found that the frequency of human-induced mortality remained stable over the study period. From the human-induced mortality events with a known cause (n = 637), three main causes were identified: electrocution (40.5 %), illegal killing (21.7 %), and poisoning (16.3 %). Additionally, combined energy infrastructure-related mortality (i.e., electrocution, power line collision, and wind-farm collision) represented 49 % of all human-induced mortality events. Using a random forest model, the main predictors of human-induced mortality were found to be taxonomic group, geographic location (latitude and longitude), and human footprint index value at the location of mortality. Despite conservation efforts, human drivers of bird mortality in the African-Eurasian flyway do not appear to have declined over the last 15 years for the studied group of species. Results suggest that stronger conservation actions to address these threats across the flyway can reduce their impacts on species. In particular, projected future development of energy infrastructure is a representative example where application of planning, operation, and mitigation measures can enhance bird conservation.
PB Elsevier
SN 0006-3207
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118853
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118853
LA eng
NO Serratosa, J., Oppel, S., Rotics, S., Santangeli, A., Butchart, S. H. M., Cano-Alonso, L. S., Tellería, J. L., Kemp, R., Nicholas, A., Kalvāns, A., Galarza, A., Franco, A. M. A., Andreotti, A., Kirschel, A. N. G., Ngari, A., Soutullo, A., Bermejo-Bermejo, A., Botha, A. J., Ferri, A., … Jones, V. R. (2024). Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale. Biological Conservation, 293, 110525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110525
NO This work was funded by the MAVA Foundation trough the MAVA Safe Flyways Energy project, specifically the M7 Birds – Reducing mortality of migratory birds and vultures in the Mediterranean 2016–2022.
NO MAVA Fondation pour la nature
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025