Научно-издательский центрDOI: 10.38006/00187-838-4.2024.305.305
Lei Cao
State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
We combined recent tracking data from wildfowls in the EAAF to define their flyway corridors, linking discrete breeding, moulting, staging and wintering distributions to define their biogeographical subpopulations. For the first time, this provides the foundation for generating population estimates and trends for these newly identified biogeographical units, especially those of unfavorable conservation status. Combined with remote sensing data, results have vastly improved our understanding of their geographical ranges and the key sites and habitats used by wildfowls throughout their annual cycle. The results confirm the importance of relatively few major Asian river floodplains and their associated wetland habitats in China and Russia. With continuing development pressures in the region, it is vital that we use this information to support flyway initiatives to protect these floodplains, wetlands and waterbirds to safeguard them for the enjoyment of future generations.