Shorebirds along the Yellow Sea coast of China face an uncertain future—a review of threats

DS Melville, Y Chen, Z Ma - Emu-Austral Ornithology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Wetlands along the Yellow Sea coast of China, which are a major staging area for
shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, are in a state of crisis that threatens the …

Population trends, threats, and conservation recommendations for waterbirds in China

X Wang, F Kuang, K Tan, Z Ma - Avian Research, 2018 - Springer
Background China is one of the countries with abundant waterbird diversity. Over the past
decades, China's waterbirds have suffered increasing threats from direct and indirect human …

Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites

CE Studds, BE Kendall, NJ Murray, HB Wilson… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Migratory animals are threatened by human-induced global change. However, little is known
about how stopover habitat, essential for refuelling during migration, affects the population …

Impacts of habitat loss on migratory shorebird populations and communities at stopover sites in the Yellow Sea

X Wang, Y Chen, DS Melville, CY Choi, K Tan… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Migratory birds generally use one or more stopover sites for rest and/or refuelling during
long-distance migration where a large abundance of diverse species can concentrate into …

Rapid climate‐driven loss of breeding habitat for Arctic migratory birds

HS Wauchope, JD Shaw, Ø Varpe… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Millions of birds migrate to and from the Arctic each year, but rapid climate change in the
High North could strongly affect where species are able to breed, disrupting migratory …

[HTML][HTML] Dual threat of tidal flat loss and invasive Spartina alterniflora endanger important shorebird habitat in coastal mainland China

MV Jackson, RA Fuller, X Gan, J Li, D Mao… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
China's coastal wetlands are critically important to shorebirds. Substantial loss of tidal flats,
shorebirds' primary foraging grounds, has occurred from land claim and other processes …

Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds

V Kubelka, M Šálek, P Tomkovich, Z Végvári… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Ongoing climate change is thought to disrupt trophic relationships, with consequences for
complex interspecific interactions, yet the effects of climate change on species interactions …

Continental-scale decreases in shorebird populations in Australia

R Clemens, DI Rogers, BD Hansen… - Emu-Austral …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Decreases in shorebird populations are increasingly evident worldwide, especially in the
East Asian—Australasian Flyway (EAAF). To arrest these declines, it is important to …

A global threats overview for Numeniini populations: synthesising expert knowledge for a group of declining migratory birds

JW Pearce-Higgins, DJ Brown, DJT Douglas… - Bird Conservation …, 2017 - cambridge.org
The Numeniini is a tribe of 13 wader species (Scolopacidae, Charadriiformes) of which
seven are Near Threatened or globally threatened, including two Critically Endangered. To …

Fuelling conditions at staging sites can mitigate Arctic warming effects in a migratory bird

E Rakhimberdiev, S Duijns, J Karagicheva… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Under climate warming, migratory birds should align reproduction dates with advancing
plant and arthropod phenology. To arrive on the breeding grounds earlier, migrants may …