Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 120(21)

Опубликована: Май 15, 2023

Declines in European bird populations are reported for decades but the direct effect of major anthropogenic pressures on such declines remains unquantified. Causal relationships between and population responses difficult to identify as interact at different spatial scales vary among species. Here, we uncover time-series 170 common species, monitored more than 20,000 sites 28 countries, over 37 y, four widespread pressures: agricultural intensification, change forest cover, urbanisation temperature last decades. We quantify influence each pressure its importance relative other pressures, traits most affected find that particular pesticides fertiliser use, is main declines, especially invertebrate feeders. Responses changes species-specific. Specifically, cover associated with a positive growing negative dynamics, while has an dynamics large number populations, magnitude direction which depend species' thermal preferences. Our results not only confirm pervasive strong effects breeding birds, strength these stressing urgent need transformative way inhabiting world if shall have chance recovering.

Язык: Английский

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State of the World's Birds

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 47(1), С. 231 - 260

Опубликована: Май 5, 2022

We present an overview of the global spatiotemporal distribution avian biodiversity, changes in our knowledge that and extent to which it is imperilled. Birds are probably most completely inventoried large taxonomic class organisms, permitting a uniquely detailed understanding how Anthropocene has shaped their distributions conservation status space time. summarize threats driving bird species richness abundance, highlighting increasingly synergistic interactions between such as habitat loss, climate change, overexploitation. Many metrics biodiversity exhibiting globally consistent negative trends, with International Union for Conservation Nature's Red List Index showing steady deterioration avifauna over past three decades. identify key measures counter this loss associated ecosystemservices, will necessitate increased consideration social context interventions order deliver positive transformative change nature.

Язык: Английский

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Abundance decline in the avifauna of the European Union reveals cross‐continental similarities in biodiversity change

Ecology and Evolution, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 11(23), С. 16647 - 16660

Опубликована: Ноя. 15, 2021

Abstract Although global assessments provide evidence of biodiversity decline, some have questioned the strength evidence, with local assemblage studies often showing a more balanced picture change. The multifaceted nature and imperfect monitoring datasets may partially explain these findings. Here, using an extensive dataset, we find significant loss in native avifauna European Union (EU). We estimate decline 17–19% overall breeding bird abundance since 1980: 560–620 million individual birds. Both total proportional declines numbers are high among species associated agricultural land. distribution species’ population growth rates (ln) is centered close to zero, numerical driven by substantial losses abundant species. Our work supports previous indicating recent calls reduce threat extinctions restore abundances, for sake people.

Язык: Английский

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Pesticide impacts on avian species with special reference to farmland birds: a review

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 194(11)

Опубликована: Сен. 15, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment reveals mental health benefits of birdlife

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Окт. 27, 2022

Abstract The mental health benefits of everyday encounters with birdlife for are poorly understood. Previous studies have typically relied on retrospective questionnaires or artificial set-ups little ecological validity. In the present study, we used Urban Mind smartphone application to examine impact seeing hearing birds self-reported wellbeing in real-life contexts. A sample 1292 participants completed a total 26,856 momentary assessments between April 2018 and October 2021. Everyday were associated time-lasting improvements wellbeing. These evident not only healthy people but also those diagnosis depression, most common illness across world. findings potential implications both environmental wildlife protection healthcare policies. Specific measures, aimed at preserving increasing urban areas, should be implemented.

Язык: Английский

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A global review identifies agriculture as the main threat to declining grassland birds

Ibis, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 165(4), С. 1107 - 1128

Опубликована: Май 9, 2023

Grasslands are globally threatened and their biodiversity, including grassland birds, is declining markedly. To inform bird conservation globally, we systematically reviewed threats actions for extracting data from 528 papers. Across the 10 primary regions of globe, agriculture was most frequently or joint reported threat in nine (reported as a 73% publications); hunting remaining region. Natural system modifications 32% publications) climate change severe weather (24%) were less compared with agriculture. The types varied regionally, but pervasive livestock farming ranching 58% publications where threat) non‐timber cropping (43%). Most agricultural relate to intensification, abandonment, typically cessation grazing, sometimes accompanied by tree planting/succession, poses an emerging some birds threat). frequent implemented date include land/water management protection, species‐specific actions. Authors almost all recommend more management, followed calls further protection. parlous state suggests that existing grasslands inadequate. Furthermore, our review these should be primarily targeted at reversing negative impacts agriculture, particular cropping.

Язык: Английский

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Drivers of the changing abundance of European birds at two spatial scales

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 378(1881)

Опубликована: Май 29, 2023

Detecting biodiversity change and identifying its causes is challenging because multifaceted temporal data often contain bias. Here, we model in species' abundance biomass by using extensive describing the population sizes trends of native breeding birds United Kingdom (UK) European Union (EU). In addition, explore how species’ vary with traits. We demonstrate significant bird assemblages UK EU, substantial reductions overall losses concentrated a relatively small number abundant smaller sized species. By contrast, rarer larger had generally fared better. Simultaneously, avian increased very slightly was stable indicating community structure. Abundance across species were positively correlated body mass climate suitability, varied abundance, migration strategy niche associations linked to diet. Our work highlights changes cannot be captured easily single number; care required when measuring interpreting given that different metrics can provide insights. This article part theme issue ‘Detecting attributing change: needs, gaps solutions’.

Язык: Английский

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Biodiversity Change in Cultural Landscapes—The Rural Hotspot Hypothesis

Ecology and Evolution, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT A dramatic decrease of biodiversity is currently questioning human‐environment interactions that have shaped ecosystems over thousands years. In old cultural landscapes Central and East European (CEE) countries, a vast species decline has been reported for various taxa although intensive land cultivation reduced in favor agroecological transformation, nature conservation sustainable management the past 30 Thus, recent history, agricultural intensification cannot solely be discussed as major driver controlling biodiversity. landscapes, we state drivers pressures mainly emerge from backyards rural settlements act interconnected hotspots therefore form an ecological metapopulation which small‐scale backyard habitats are capable preserving exchanging pools historical landscape. We further argue shifting sociocultural norms significantly affecting survival source populations drastically limit their dispersal pathways, triggers degradation times. Pressures shift, landscape decoupling, structural homogenization, use technology agrochemicals identified negatively preservation, particularly surrounding Spatiotemporal dimensions involving material fluxes, exchange retention, alternation site conditions, local genetic adaptation delineated different features, including building structures, gardens, lawns, paved grounds. Finally, propose future research agenda to quantify effects trends followed patterns altered dynamics. give example on satellite time series remotely map reveal significant spatiotemporal induced by human behavior may lead new socioecological perception stimulate actions shape dynamics emerging settlements.

Язык: Английский

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Advancing transnational assessments of biodiversity drivers in European agriculture with an updated hierarchical crop and agriculture taxonomy (HCAT)

npj Sustainable Agriculture, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 3(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 20, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Domain‐specific neural networks improve automated bird sound recognition already with small amount of local data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 13(12), С. 2799 - 2810

Опубликована: Окт. 17, 2022

Abstract An automatic bird sound recognition system is a useful tool for collecting data of different species ecological analysis. Together with autonomous recording units (ARUs), such provides possibility to collect observations on scale that no human observer could ever match. During the last decades, progress has been made in field recognition, but recognizing from untargeted soundscape recordings remains challenge. In this article, we demonstrate workflow building global identification model and adjusting it perform well recorders specific region. We show how augmentation combination local can be used train convolutional neural network classify vocalizations 101 species. construct set obtain base model. The then fine‐tuned Southern Finland order adapt environment location tested two sets: one originating same Finnish region another German Alps. Our results suggest fine‐tuning significantly improves performance. Classification accuracy was improved test area as training (Southern Finland) not (German Alps). Data enables limited number even few samples significant improvement over achieved. outperforms current state‐of‐the‐art classification. Using adjust target domain leads general non‐tailored solutions. process introduced article applied build classification environment.

Язык: Английский

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