Research Briefs: Land use change and migrant birds in the Sahel
Research Briefs: Land use change and migrant birds in the Sahel
A set of four research briefs have been produced as outputs of the CCI funded project Reversing the declines of African-Palaearctic migrants: understanding the social and economic factors driving land use change in sub-Saharan West African wintering areas.
Suggested citations:
CCI (2010) Research Brief 1: Migrant birds in the West African Sahel. Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Cambridge, UK
CCI (2010) Research Brief 2: Key habitats for declining migrant birds in the West African Sahel. Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Cambridge, UK
CCI (2010) Research Brief 3: Migrant birds and environmental change in the Sahel. Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Cambridge, UK
CCI (2010) Research Brief 4: Divers of land use change and migrant birds in the Sahel. Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Cambridge, UK
Collaboration / Project(s)
Reversing the declines of AfricanâPalaearctic migrants
Understanding the social and economic factors driving land use change in subâSaharan West African wintering areasThere is widespread concern about the population status of Palaearctic-African migrant birds. Long-distance migrant species are declining across Europe. Of the long-distance migrant passerines species that travel to sub-Saharan Africa 71% have declined. The Sahel region is a key habitat…