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Article

Shifting of the Migration Route of White-Naped Crane (Antigone vipio) Due to Wetland Loss in China

by
Yifei Jia
1,2,
Yunzhu Liu
2,
Shengwu Jiao
3,
Jia Guo
1,2,
Cai Lu
1,2,
Yan Zhou
4,
Yuyu Wang
1,2,
Guangchun Lei
1,2,*,
Li Wen
5,6 and
Xunqiang Mo
7
1
Centre for East Asian-Australasian Flyway Studies, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
2
School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
3
Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Wetland Ecosystem Research Station of Hangzhou Bay, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 311400, China
4
Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
5
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Science, Economics and Insights Division, Sydney 2150, Australia
6
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia
7
School of Geographic and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(15), 2984; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13152984
Submission received: 17 June 2021 / Revised: 20 July 2021 / Accepted: 22 July 2021 / Published: 29 July 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Remote Sensing in Migratory Birds Conservation)
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Abstract

In the last 15 years, the west population of white-naped crane (Antigone vipio) decreased dramatically despite the enhanced conservation actions in both breeding and wintering areas. Recent studies highlighted the importance of protecting the integrity of movement connectivity for migratory birds. Widespread and rapid landcover changes may exceed the adaptive capacity of migrants, leading to the collapse of migratory networks. In this study, using satellite tracking data, we modeled and characterized the migration routes of the white-naped crane at three spatial levels (core area, migratory corridor, and migratory path) based on the utilization distribution for two eras (1990s and 2010s) spanning 20 years. Our analysis demonstrated that the white-naped crane shifted its migratory route, which is supported by other lines of evidences. The widespread loss of wetlands, especially within the stopover sites, might have caused this behavioral adaptation. Moreover, our analysis indicated that the long-term sustainability of the new route is untested and likely to be questionable. Therefore, directing conservation effects to the new route might be insufficient for the long-term wellbeing of this threatened crane and large-scale wetland restorations in Bohai Bay, a critical stopover site in the East Asian-Australasian flyway, are of the utmost importance to the conservation of this species.
Keywords: landcover change; migratory behavior flexibility; satellite tracking; stopover site; utilization distribution; white-naped crane landcover change; migratory behavior flexibility; satellite tracking; stopover site; utilization distribution; white-naped crane

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Jia, Y.; Liu, Y.; Jiao, S.; Guo, J.; Lu, C.; Zhou, Y.; Wang, Y.; Lei, G.; Wen, L.; Mo, X. Shifting of the Migration Route of White-Naped Crane (Antigone vipio) Due to Wetland Loss in China. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 2984. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13152984

AMA Style

Jia Y, Liu Y, Jiao S, Guo J, Lu C, Zhou Y, Wang Y, Lei G, Wen L, Mo X. Shifting of the Migration Route of White-Naped Crane (Antigone vipio) Due to Wetland Loss in China. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(15):2984. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13152984

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Jia, Yifei, Yunzhu Liu, Shengwu Jiao, Jia Guo, Cai Lu, Yan Zhou, Yuyu Wang, Guangchun Lei, Li Wen, and Xunqiang Mo. 2021. "Shifting of the Migration Route of White-Naped Crane (Antigone vipio) Due to Wetland Loss in China" Remote Sensing 13, no. 15: 2984. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13152984

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Jia, Y., Liu, Y., Jiao, S., Guo, J., Lu, C., Zhou, Y., Wang, Y., Lei, G., Wen, L., & Mo, X. (2021). Shifting of the Migration Route of White-Naped Crane (Antigone vipio) Due to Wetland Loss in China. Remote Sensing, 13(15), 2984. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13152984

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