Determination Conservation Priority Areas and Taxa in Terms of Birds: The Case of Aksaray

Emel Çakmak; Çiğdem Akın Pekşen

Makale detayları

Determination Conservation Priority Areas and Taxa in Terms of Birds: The Case of Aksaray

Yazarlar:

Emel Çakmak | Çiğdem Akın Pekşen

Yayıncı:

Igdir University

Ana Başlıklar:

Yapısal Biyoloji

Dergi:

Iğdır Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 2, pp.899-905

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001289821

pISSN:

2536-4618

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Özet:

 Growing environmental challenges worldwide and the lack of resources to tackle them require conservationists to set priorities for action. As known; protected areas will be needed as species change their distribution over time due to global climate change, drought, and complete habitat destruction. Although; conservation targets have been met for most species, some conservation features remain unprotected, especially for threatened bird species. There are certain habitat types in Aksaray province where target species belonging to different bird groups are concentrated. Herein; we identify these priority areas for conservation for the current and future estimated distributions of bird species. For this purpose; field studies have been carried out for two years 2015-2017 to represent different habitat types besides bird species detected within the borders of the province. According to our findings; three different habitats wetland, swamp, and steppe rich in target species were determined as priority areas for protection. In addition, five different bird species Vanellus vanellus, Limosa limosa, Numenius arquata, Circus macrourus, Streptopelia turtur observed in these habitats are in the Vu Vulnerable and NT Near Threatened categories according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Red List. As a result;both the protection and monitoring of the identified habitats and taxa that directly reflect the health of the habitat will facilitate the ustainability of priority areas in future. This study could be a resource for future regulation of conservation strategies.

 Growing environmental challenges worldwide and the lack of resources to tackle them require conservationists to set priorities for action. As known; protected areas will be needed as species change their distribution over time due to global climate change, drought, and complete habitat destruction. Although; conservation targets have been met for most species, some conservation features remain unprotected, especially for threatened bird species. There are certain habitat types in Aksaray province where target species belonging to different bird groups are concentrated. Herein; we identify these priority areas for conservation for the current and future estimated distributions of bird species. For this purpose; field studies have been carried out for two years 2015-2017 to represent different habitat types besides bird species detected within the borders of the province. According to our findings; three different habitats wetland, swamp, and steppe rich in target species were determined as priority areas for protection. In addition, five different bird species Vanellus vanellus, Limosa limosa, Numenius arquata, Circus macrourus, Streptopelia turtur observed in these habitats are in the Vu Vulnerable and NT Near Threatened categories according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Red List. As a result;both the protection and monitoring of the identified habitats and taxa that directly reflect the health of the habitat will facilitate the ustainability of priority areas in future. This study could be a resource for future regulation of conservation strategies.

 Growing environmental challenges worldwide and the lack of resources to tackle them require conservationists to set priorities for action. As known; protected areas will be needed as species change their distribution over time due to global climate change, drought, and complete habitat destruction. Although; conservation targets have been met for most species, some conservation features remain unprotected, especially for threatened bird species. There are certain habitat types in Aksaray province where target species belonging to different bird groups are concentrated. Herein; we identify these priority areas for conservation for the current and future estimated distributions of bird species. For this purpose; field studies have been carried out for two years 2015-2017 to represent different habitat types besides bird species detected within the borders of the province. According to our findings; three different habitats wetland, swamp, and steppe rich in target species were determined as priority areas for protection. In addition, five different bird species Vanellus vanellus, Limosa limosa, Numenius arquata, Circus macrourus, Streptopelia turtur observed in these habitats are in the Vu Vulnerable and NT Near Threatened categories according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Red List. As a result;both the protection and monitoring of the identified habitats and taxa that directly reflect the health of the habitat will facilitate the ustainability of priority areas in future. This study could be a resource for future regulation of conservation strategies.

 Growing environmental challenges worldwide and the lack of resources to tackle them require conservationists to set priorities for action. As known; protected areas will be needed as species change their distribution over time due to global climate change, drought, and complete habitat destruction. Although; conservation targets have been met for most species, some conservation features remain unprotected, especially for threatened bird species. There are certain habitat types in Aksaray province where target species belonging to different bird groups are concentrated. Herein; we identify these priority areas for conservation for the current and future estimated distributions of bird species. For this purpose; field studies have been carried out for two years 2015-2017 to represent different habitat types besides bird species detected within the borders of the province. According to our findings; three different habitats wetland, swamp, and steppe rich in target species were determined as priority areas for protection. In addition, five different bird species Vanellus vanellus, Limosa limosa, Numenius arquata, Circus macrourus, Streptopelia turtur observed in these habitats are in the Vu Vulnerable and NT Near Threatened categories according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Red List. As a result;both the protection and monitoring of the identified habitats and taxa that directly reflect the health of the habitat will facilitate the ustainability of priority areas in future. This study could be a resource for future regulation of conservation strategies.

Makale detayları

Determination Conservation Priority Areas and Taxa in Terms of Birds: The Case of Aksaray

Yazarlar:

Emel Çakmak | Çiğdem Akın Pekşen

Yayıncı:

Igdir University

Ana Başlıklar:

Yapısal Biyoloji

Dergi:

Iğdır Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 2, pp.899-905

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001289821

pISSN:

2536-4618

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swamp

wetlandProtection

steppe

swamp

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Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Emel Çakmak | Çiğdem Akın Pekşen

Yayıncı: Igdir University

Ana Başlıklar: Yapısal Biyoloji

Dergi: Iğdır Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 2, pp.899-905

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001289821

pISSN: 2536-4618

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Emel Çakmak | Çiğdem Akın Pekşen

Yayıncı:

Igdir University

Ana Başlıklar:

Yapısal Biyoloji

Dergi:

Iğdır Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 2, pp.899-905

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001289821

pISSN:

2536-4618