CICYTTP   12500
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y DE TRANSFERENCIA TECNOLOGICA A LA PRODUCCION
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Trends in conservation of the World`s woodpeckers: changes in knowledge, threats, and conservation outlook over the past 25 years.
Autor/es:
LAMMERTINK, MARTJAN
Lugar:
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Reunión:
Simposio; International Woodpecker Symposium, Vitoria-Gasteiz, España; 2014
Institución organizadora:
IZKI-LIFE, Union Europea
Resumen:
Taking
the first IUCN Red List from 1988 as a starting point, I review trends in
threats and conservation of the woodpeckers of the world. Between 1988 and 2013
the number of genuinely Red Listed woodpeckers (categories Near Threatened and
up) increased from 20
to 28 species and the number of species in the categories Vulnerable and up
from 8 to 12. As percentage of recognised woodpecker species in the different
years, the increase in Red Listed woodpecker species was even sharper. The
geographical distribution of Red Listed woodpeckers stayed the same, with over
half of the species in Latin America, about one quarter in Asia, and none in
Europe. Many more splits in woodpecker taxonomy are coming up and additional,
newly recognized species will soon be added to the Red List, mostly from
Asia. Nearly all Red Listed woodpecker
species on the 2013 list are threatened by habitat clearance. Out of 28
species, 10 are also threatened by selective logging, and these 10 are in
higher threat categories. Woodpecker conservation research should focus in
particular on the species sensitive to selective logging, to assess their
within-habitat requirements and thresholds. The output of research on Red
Listed woodpeckers in the past 25 years was heavily skewed to three North
American species. I identify 10 priority species to focus woodpecker
conservation research on, four from Latin America and six from Asia.