The role of satellite remote sensing in structured ecosystem risk assessments

NJ Murray, DA Keith, LM Bland, R Ferrari… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The current set of global conservation targets requires methods for monitoring the changing
status of ecosystems. Protocols for ecosystem risk assessment are uniquely suited to this …

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 …

Rapid, robust, and automated mapping of tidal flats in China using time series Sentinel-2 images and Google Earth Engine

M Jia, Z Wang, D Mao, C Ren, C Wang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tidal flats are threatened by tidal reclamation and climatic changes around the world.
Particular challenges exist in China where tidal flats are changing rapidly along with …

[PDF][PDF] Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria, version 1.1

LM Bland, DA Keith, RM Miller, NJ Murray… - … Union for the …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Executive Summary The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is a global framework for monitoring
the status of ecosystems. It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity …

Simultaneous declines in summer survival of three shorebird species signals a flyway at risk

T Piersma, T Lok, Y Chen, CJ Hassell… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing concern about the world's animal migrations. With many land‐use and
climatological changes occurring simultaneously, pinning down the causes of large‐scale …

High-resolution global maps of tidal flat ecosystems from 1984 to 2019

NJ Murray, SP Phinn, RA Fuller, M DeWitt, R Ferrari… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Assessments of the status of tidal flats, one of the most extensive coastal ecosystems, have
been hampered by a lack of data on their global distribution and change. Here we present …

A synthesis: what is the future for coasts, estuaries, deltas and other transitional habitats in 2050 and beyond?

M Elliott, JW Day, R Ramachandran, E Wolanski - Coasts and estuaries, 2019 - Elsevier
We synthesized the results of many case studies from experts worldwide on the state of the
environment, sustainability, and the likely future of estuaries, lagoons, semienclosed seas …

[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 …

Four decades' dynamics of coastal blue carbon storage driven by land use/land cover transformation under natural and anthropogenic processes in the Yellow River …

T Ma, X Li, J Bai, S Ding, F Zhou, B Cui - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Land reclamation can impact a variety of ecosystem services provided by coastal wetlands.
The dynamics of coastal blue carbon storage (CBCS) altered by land use/land cover (LULC) …

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 …