Threats and conservation of meadow-breeding shorebirds in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18194/ws.00124" target="_blank" >10.18194/ws.00124</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Threats and conservation of meadow-breeding shorebirds in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Original language description

This article covers the most recent population estimates, trends, threats and protection measures for fve meadow-breeding shorebirds in the Czech Republic (CZ) and Slovakia (SK): Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa limosa, Common Redshank Tringa totanus totanus, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata arquata and Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago gallinago. All species have undergone strong long-term declines in CZ and SK, however, at least in recent years, trends appear to have improved for Common Redshank and Northern Lapwing in CZ. Common threats to grassland breeding shorebirds in both countries and major factors driving observed declines have been: (1) drainage of grasslands, (2) conversion of grasslands to arable land and high fertilizer input in meadows leading to overgrowth and thick, poorly penetrable habitat, (3) drilling of meadows during the Lapwing incubation period and (4) grazing abandonment at fshpond margins. The majority of failed clutches have been depredated or damaged by agricultural machinery. Current population estimates in breeding pairs are: Northern Lapwing (CZ: 5,000-7,000; SK: 2,000- 4,000), Black-tailed Godwit (CZ: 5-10; SK: 0), Common Redshank (CZ: 25-40; SK: 20-50), Eurasian Curlew (CZ: 0-1; SK: 0) and Common Snipe (CZ: 500-800; SK: 30-100). Conservation in small-scale nature reserves has been effective, as has direct nest protection. Large-scale effective conservation on grasslands is generally lacking, however a newly launched agri-environmental scheme for Northern Lapwing on arable land seems to be a promising conservation measure, also promoting other wildlife in the agricultural landscape.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Wader Study

ISSN

2058-8410

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

125

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

164-174

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85066611039