Published August 18, 2017 | Version v1
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Current and future suitability of wintering grounds for a longdistance migratory raptor

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
  • 2. Computational Geo- Ecology Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 3. Vertebrates Zoology Research Group, CIBIO Research Inst., University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  • 4. Public Institute for the Protected Natural Values Management in the County of Split and Dalmatia, Split, Croatia
  • 5. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • 6. Hellenic Ornithological Society, Athens, Greece
  • 7. Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
  • 8. Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Seville, Spain
  • 9. The Peregrine Fund, 5668 West Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, Idaho, USA
  • 10. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany

Description

Through integrating satellite and GPS data from five separated populations comprising most of the breeding range, we created a wide habitat suitability model for the Eleonora’s falcon on its wintering grounds in Madagascar. On this basis, we further investigated, for the first time, the impact of climate change on the future suitability of the species’ wintering areas.

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Funding

European Commission
EcoEvoClim - Ecological and Evolutionary consequences of predator-prey phenological match-mismatch driven by climate change 747729