La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Managing and re-creating wetlands in Britain for potential colonists
Auteurs :	Malcolm Ausden, Auteur ; Graham Hirons, Auteur ; Leigh Lock, Auteur ; Graham White, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (107(12) DEC 2014)
Article en page(s) :	726-755
Résumé :	We identify bird species that have the potential to establish, or re-establish, regular breeding populations in lowland wetlands in Britain. For many of these species, there is probably sufficient habitat in Britain to support only very small breeding populations. We describe measures aimed at increasing the area of suitable wetland for these species and discuss the compatibility of these measures with those aimed at benefiting bird species of current high conservation priority. We argue in favour of targeting habitat re-creation to establish a small number of very large wetlands (or clusters of sites in close proximity), rather than a large number of small, isolated wetlands. For a given cost, this should provide far greater population benefits for current priority bird species and potential colonists and recolonists.

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