Ecosystem service flows from a migratory species: Spatial subsidies of the northern pintail.
Ambio
; 48(1): 61-73, 2019 Jan.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29637473
ABSTRACT
Migratory species provide important benefits to society, but their cross-border conservation poses serious challenges. By quantifying the economic value of ecosystem services (ESs) provided across a species' range and ecological data on a species' habitat dependence, we estimate spatial subsidies-how different regions support ESs provided by a species across its range. We illustrate this method for migratory northern pintail ducks in North America. Pintails support over $101 million USD annually in recreational hunting and viewing and subsistence hunting in the U.S. and Canada. Pintail breeding regions provide nearly $30 million in subsidies to wintering regions, with the "Prairie Pothole" region supplying over $24 million in annual benefits to other regions. This information can be used to inform conservation funding allocation among migratory regions and nations on which the pintail depends. We thus illustrate a transferrable method to quantify migratory species-derived ESs and provide information to aid in their transboundary conservation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ecosistema
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Patos
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ambio
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos