Mitigating Acute Climate Change Threats to Reintroduced Migratory Northern Bald Ibises
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Reintroduction of a Migratory Population
3.2. Timing of the Autumn Migration and Immediate Emergency Measures
3.3. Initial Human-Led Migration to Andalusia
4. Discussion
4.1. The Northern Bald Ibis Reintroduction Project
4.2. Impact of Climate Change
4.3. Mitigation Measures Against the Effect of Climate Change
4.4. The Human-Led Migration Method
4.5. Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Fritz, J.; Unsoeld, M.; Goenner, B.; Kramer, R.; Siebert-Lang, L.; Wehner, H. Mitigating Acute Climate Change Threats to Reintroduced Migratory Northern Bald Ibises. Conservation 2024, 4, 748-761. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation4040044
Fritz J, Unsoeld M, Goenner B, Kramer R, Siebert-Lang L, Wehner H. Mitigating Acute Climate Change Threats to Reintroduced Migratory Northern Bald Ibises. Conservation. 2024; 4(4):748-761. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation4040044
Chicago/Turabian StyleFritz, Johannes, Markus Unsoeld, Bernhard Goenner, Regina Kramer, Lisbet Siebert-Lang, and Helena Wehner. 2024. "Mitigating Acute Climate Change Threats to Reintroduced Migratory Northern Bald Ibises" Conservation 4, no. 4: 748-761. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation4040044
APA StyleFritz, J., Unsoeld, M., Goenner, B., Kramer, R., Siebert-Lang, L., & Wehner, H. (2024). Mitigating Acute Climate Change Threats to Reintroduced Migratory Northern Bald Ibises. Conservation, 4(4), 748-761. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation4040044