Priority areas for vulture conservation in the Horn of Africa largely fall outside the protected area network

Buechley, Evan R.; Girardello, Marco; Santangeli, Andrea; Ruffo, Alazar Daka; Ayalew, Girma; Abebe, Yilma D.; Barber, David R.; Buij, Ralph; Bildstein, Keith; Wikelski, Martin

Priority areas for vulture conservation in the Horn of Africa largely fall outside the protected area network

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2022

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Buechley, Evan R.

Girardello, Marco

Santangeli, Andrea

Ruffo, Alazar Daka

Ayalew, Girma

Abebe, Yilma D.

Barber, David R.

Buij, Ralph

Bildstein, Keith

Wikelski, Martin

et al.

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Exzellenzcluster "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour"

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Bird Conservation International. Cambridge University Press. 2022, 32(2), pp. 188-205. ISSN 0959-2709. eISSN 1474-0001. Available under: doi: 10.1017/S0959270921000228

Zusammenfassung

Vulture populations are in severe decline across Africa and prioritization of geographic areas for their conservation is urgently needed. To do so, we compiled three independent datasets on vulture occurrence from road-surveys, GPS-tracking, and citizen science (eBird), and used maximum entropy to build ensemble species distribution models (SDMs). We then identified spatial vulture conservation priorities in Ethiopia, a stronghold for vultures in Africa, while accounting for uncertainty in our predictions. We were able to build robust distribution models for five vulture species across the entirety of Ethiopia, including three Critically Endangered, one Endangered, and one Near Threatened species. We show that priorities occur in the highlands of Ethiopia, which provide particularly important habitat for Bearded Gypaetus barbatus, Hooded Necrosyrtes monachus, Rüppell’s Gyps rüppelli and White-backed Gyps africanus Vultures, as well as the lowlands of north-eastern Ethiopia, which are particularly valuable for the Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus. One-third of the core distribution of the Egyptian Vulture was protected, followed by the White-backed Vulture at one-sixth, and all other species at one-tenth. Overall, only about one-fifth of vulture priority areas were protected. Given that there is limited protection of priority areas and that vultures range widely, we argue that measures of broad spatial and legislative scope will be necessary to address drivers of vulture declines, including poisoning, energy infrastructure, and climate change, while considering the local social context and aiding sustainable development.

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570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie

Schlagwörter

conservation prioritization, Ethiopia, vulture safe zones, ecological niche modeling, species distribution model (SDM)

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BUECHLEY, Evan R., Marco GIRARDELLO, Andrea SANTANGELI, Alazar Daka RUFFO, Girma AYALEW, Yilma D. ABEBE, David R. BARBER, Ralph BUIJ, Keith BILDSTEIN, Martin WIKELSKI, 2022. Priority areas for vulture conservation in the Horn of Africa largely fall outside the protected area network. In: Bird Conservation International. Cambridge University Press. 2022, 32(2), pp. 188-205. ISSN 0959-2709. eISSN 1474-0001. Available under: doi: 10.1017/S0959270921000228

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  doi={10.1017/S0959270921000228},
  title={Priority areas for vulture conservation in the Horn of Africa largely fall outside the protected area network},
  number={2},
  volume={32},
  issn={0959-2709},
  journal={Bird Conservation International},
  pages={188--205},
  author={Buechley, Evan R. and Girardello, Marco and Santangeli, Andrea and Ruffo, Alazar Daka and Ayalew, Girma and Abebe, Yilma D. and Barber, David R. and Buij, Ralph and Bildstein, Keith and Wikelski, Martin}
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