The future distribution of wetland birds breeding in Europe validated against observed changes in distribution

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Soultan AlaaeldinORCID,Pavón-Jordán DiegoORCID,Bradter UteORCID,Sandercock Brett KORCID,Hochachka Wesley M,Johnston Alison,Brommer Jon,Gaget ElieORCID,Keller Verena,Knaus PeterORCID,Aghababyan Karen,Maxhuni Qenan,Vintchevski Alexandre,Nagy Károly,Raudonikis Liutauras,Balmer Dawn,Noble David,Leitão Domingos,Øien Ingar JosteinORCID,Shimmings Paul,Sultanov Elchin,Caffrey Brian,Boyla Kerem,Radišić DimitrijeORCID,Lindström Åke,Velevski Metodija,Pladevall Clara,Brotons Lluís,Karel Šťastný,Rajković Draženko ZORCID,Chodkiewicz Tomasz,Wilk Tomasz,Szép Tibor,van Turnhout Chris,Foppen Ruud,Burfield Ian,Vikstrøm Thomas,Mazal Vlatka Dumbović,Eaton Mark,Vorisek Petr,Lehikoinen Aleksi,Herrando Sergi,Kuzmenko Tatiana,Bauer Hans-Günther,Kalyakin Mikhail V,Voltzit Olga V,Sjeničić Jovica,Pärt TomasORCID

Abstract

Abstract Wetland bird species have been declining in population size worldwide as climate warming and land-use change affect their suitable habitats. We used species distribution models (SDMs) to predict changes in range dynamics for 64 non-passerine wetland birds breeding in Europe, including range size, position of centroid, and margins. We fitted the SDMs with data collected for the first European Breeding Bird Atlas and climate and land-use data to predict distributional changes over a century (the 1970s–2070s). The predicted annual changes were then compared to observed annual changes in range size and range centroid over a time period of 30 years using data from the second European Breeding Bird Atlas. Our models successfully predicted ca. 75% of the 64 bird species to contract their breeding range in the future, while the remaining species (mostly southerly breeding species) were predicted to expand their breeding ranges northward. The northern margins of southerly species and southern margins of northerly species, both, predicted to shift northward. Predicted changes in range size and shifts in range centroids were broadly positively associated with the observed changes, although some species deviated markedly from the predictions. The predicted average shift in core distributions was ca. 5 km yr−1 towards the north (5% northeast, 45% north, and 40% northwest), compared to a slower observed average shift of ca. 3.9 km yr−1. Predicted changes in range centroids were generally larger than observed changes, which suggests that bird distribution changes may lag behind environmental changes leading to ‘climate debt’. We suggest that predictions of SDMs should be viewed as qualitative rather than quantitative outcomes, indicating that care should be taken concerning single species. Still, our results highlight the urgent need for management actions such as wetland creation and restoration to improve wetland birds’ resilience to the expected environmental changes in the future.

Funder

BiodivScen ERA ‐ Net COFUND program

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Environmental Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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