Importance of Natura 2000 sites for wintering waterbirds: Low preference, species' distribution changes and carrying capacity of Natura 2000 could fail to protect the species

Musilová, Zuzana; Musil, Petr; Zouhar, Jan; Adam, Matyáš; Bejček, Vladimír

dc.title	Importance of Natura 2000 sites for wintering waterbirds: Low preference, species' distribution changes and carrying capacity of Natura 2000 could fail to protect the species	en
dc.contributor.author	Musilová, Zuzana
dc.contributor.author	Musil, Petr
dc.contributor.author	Zouhar, Jan
dc.contributor.author	Adam, Matyáš
dc.contributor.author	Bejček, Vladimír
dc.relation.ispartof	Biological Conservation
dc.identifier.issn	0006-3207 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.date.issued	2018
utb.relation.volume	228
dc.citation.spage	79
dc.citation.epage	88
dc.type	article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.biocon.2018.10.004
dc.relation.uri	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320718305536
dc.subject	Conservation policy	en
dc.subject	Changes in distribution	en
dc.subject	Protected areas	en
dc.subject	Volunteer monitoring	en
dc.subject	Wetlands	en
dc.subject	Wintering numbers	en
dc.description.abstract	Evaluating the species use of protected area networks is of considerable worldwide importance, especially as a feedback for policy-makers and the conservation community. Based on the data of an annual, citizen-science monitoring programme of long tradition (2004–2015), we test the hypothesis that the European Natura 2000 network protects high quality habitats preferentially settled by wintering waterbird species in a central European State (the Czech Republic). We analysed species-specific variables (protection status, flyway population trend and numbers, geographical distribution, and foraging guild) explaining the proportions of numbers in Natura 2000 and individual-species changes in numbers inside and outside Natura 2000. The proportions of numbers in individual species were generally low in Natura 2000 sites. The observed pattern revealed the expected higher preference of protected Annex I species for Natura 2000 sites compared to other species and showed foraging guilds having significant differences in Natura 2000 preference, with high preference in herbivores and fish-eaters and low preference in invertebrate-eaters compared to omnivores. Northern species also showed a high preference for Natura 2000. The predicted prevalence of a higher rate of increase, or lower rate of decrease, inside Natura 2000, indicating that Natura 2000 facilitated the species' distribution changes, was not shown; instead, the positive and negative trends inside Natura 2000 were almost equivalent. We concluded that the low preference for Natura 2000, the distribution changes shifting species outside Natura 2000, and limits to the carrying capacity of the protected network sites, could all make an issue in effectively safeguarding the non-breeding populations of waterbirds. The extension of the Natura 2000 network to facilitate their wintering requirements and distribution changes is therefore a high priority. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd	en
utb.faculty	Faculty of Logistics and Crisis Management
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1008249
utb.identifier.obdid	43879215
utb.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-85054836173
utb.identifier.wok	000452815200010
utb.identifier.coden	BICOB
utb.source	j-scopus
dc.date.accessioned	2018-11-01T09:32:10Z
dc.date.available	2018-11-01T09:32:10Z
dc.description.sponsorship	EHP-CZ02-OV-1-024-2015, EEA, European Environment Agency; IOS, Illinois Ornithology Society; IWC, Iowa Water Center, Iowa State University
dc.description.sponsorship	EEA grants project entitled "Monitoring of the status of species listed in the EU Nature Directives in Natura 2000 sites" [EHP-CZ02-OV-1-024-2015]
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Adam, Matyáš
utb.fulltext.affiliation	Zuzana Musilová a,* , Petr Musil a , Jan Zouhar a , Matyáš Adam a,b , Vladimír Bejček a a Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 129, CZ-165 21, Praha, Suchdol, Czechia b Department of Environmental Security, Faculty of Logistics and Crisis Management, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Studentské nám. 1532, CZ-686 01 Uherské Hradiště, Czechia * Corresponding author. E-mail address: musilovaz@fzp.czu.cz (Z. Musilová).
utb.fulltext.dates	Received 15 April 2018; Received in revised form 11 September 2018; Accepted 2 October 2018
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utb.fulltext.sponsorship	We are highly grateful to the hundreds of volunteers and regional coordinators who have been involved in waterbird counts. Moreover, our thanks are due to the Czech Society for Ornithology for help with organizing the IWC in the Czech Republic. Our thanks also go to Aleksi Lehikoinen, Anthony D. Fox, Michael W. Eichholz, Diégo Pavón-Jordán and anonymous reviewers, whose comments greatly improved previous versions of the manuscript. We are also grateful to Steve Ridgill, Michael W. Eichholz and Adéla Šenkýřová for language improvement. This study was supported by the EEA grants project EHP-CZ02-OV-1-024-2015 entitled “Monitoring of the status of species listed in the EU Nature Directives in Natura 2000 sites”.
utb.wos.affiliation	[Musilova, Zuzana; Musil, Petr; Zouhar, Jan; Adam, Matyas; Bejcek, Vladimir] Czech Univ Life Sci, Fac Environm Sci, Kamycka 129, CZ-16521 Prague, Suchdol, Czech Republic; [Adam, Matyas] Tomas Bata Univ Zlin, Dept Environm Secur, Fac Logist & Crisis Management, Studentske Nam 1532, CZ-68601 Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic
utb.scopus.affiliation	Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 129, Suchdol, Praha CZ-165 21, Czech Republic; Department of Environmental Security, Faculty of Logistics and Crisis Management, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Studentské nám. 1532, Uherské Hradiště, CZ-686 01, Czech Republic
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