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Résumé :
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This document contains two major sections. The first assesses how vulnerable seabirds in the North-East Atlantic are to climate change, and the second assesses the conservation actions available for each identified climate change related threat. We carried out an assessment for all seabird species that have a permanent breeding population in the North-East Atlantic. A “seabird” is not a distinct taxonomic group, but is defined by any species of bird that predominantly relies on marine habitat for at least part of its annual cycle. We identified 48 species, loosely grouped as auks, cormorants, gannets, grebes, gulls, loons/divers, sea ducks, skuas and terns. There are several additional species that are marginally marine, or have at least a few populations that are marine, but in most cases we excluded such species as they are predominantly associated with terrestrial, freshwater or estuarine habitats. We use the English common names used as standard by Birdlife, though other synonyms may be more familiar to some readers.
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