One of the main purposes of Global Wader is to facilitate collaborations among those interested in pursuing common aims, be it from local studies with very specific conservation applications, to global analyses of migratory behaviour of a given species to expand the current knowledge.
If you think Global Wader could help you reach out to others in order to start a relevant collaboration, please drop us an email at
globalwader@waderstudygroup.org.
Ongoing collaborations led by Global Wader team or others:
HABITRACK
Global Wader has partnered with “HABITRACK – Habitat tracking for the conservation of huntable bird species”, a project funded by the European Union and coordinated by the French national museum of natural history (Museum National d´Histoire Naturelle) in collaboration with another six partner organisations, aimed at providing crucial knowledge for the conservation of breeding, migration and wintering habitats for 14 species of huntable birds with non-secure conservation status in Europe. As eight of these species are waders, Global Wader will promote and facilitate the exchange of information between data owners and HABITRACK, which will further complement current knowledge gaps with its own tracking program (more info
here).
Target wader species are: Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Eurasian Curlew (Numeniuns arquata), Common Redshank (Tringa totanus), Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) and Ruff (Calidris pugnax).
The main objectives of HABITRACK project are to collect high-resolution tracking data on these species to determine their habitat needs, provide recommendations for management and restoration actions, and ultimately improve their conservation status.
These objectives will be achieved through the following activities:
1. Breeding habitats – study the links between population trends and habitat use across the European range and the projected effects of ongoing climate change on demography. Then model response curves of individual use of landscape elements within a home range, to identify potential optimal values.
2. Non-breeding habitats - integrate migratory connectivity to further link habitat needs on the non-breeding grounds (including stopover site) to population trends, tackling potential carry-over effects on breeding performance.
3. Breeding performance and mortality - investigate ways remote tracking data can bring new information on breeding status and performance, and on cryptic mortality, to allow and potentially calibrate the future remote monitoring of demographic parameters.
HABITRACK team provides the opportunity for data contributors to potentially become co-authors in publications arising from this research when relevant and to actively participate and provide expert input.