Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae

Krüger O, Radford AN (2008)
ANIMAL CONSERVATION 11(2): 83-91.

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Krüger, OliverUniBi; Radford, A. N.
Abstract / Bemerkung
One of the most important tasks in conservation biology is identifying species at risk from extinction and establishing the most likely factors influencing this risk. Here, we consider an ecologically well-defined, monophyletic group of organisms, the true hawks of the family Accipitridae, which are not only among the most studied, but also contain some of the rarest bird species in the world. We investigate which intrinsic and extrinsic factors, covering morphology, life history and ecology, covary with International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources threat status, as well as global population size and geographic range size. By decomposing threat status into population size and range size, we test whether any factors are generally important: we found that species with less habitat specialization, a larger clutch size and more plumage polymorphism were associated with lower extinction risk and larger population and range sizes. Species with special habitat requirements might be less capable of dealing with habitat transformation and fragmentation, while species with small clutch sizes might not be able to reverse population declines. Plumage polymorphism might indicate the size of the species' gene pool and could be a good marker of extinction risk. The analyses also emphasized that no single factor is likely to be sufficient when predicting the threat of extinction.
Erscheinungsjahr
2008
Zeitschriftentitel
ANIMAL CONSERVATION
Band
11
Ausgabe
2
Seite(n)
83-91
ISSN
1367-9430
eISSN
1469-1795
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/1922049

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Krüger O, Radford AN. Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae. ANIMAL CONSERVATION. 2008;11(2):83-91.
Krüger, O., & Radford, A. N. (2008). Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae. ANIMAL CONSERVATION, 11(2), 83-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00155.x
Krüger, Oliver, and Radford, A. N. 2008. “Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae”. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 11 (2): 83-91.
Krüger, O., and Radford, A. N. (2008). Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 11, 83-91.
Krüger, O., & Radford, A.N., 2008. Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae. ANIMAL CONSERVATION, 11(2), p 83-91.
O. Krüger and A.N. Radford, “Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae”, ANIMAL CONSERVATION, vol. 11, 2008, pp. 83-91.
Krüger, O., Radford, A.N.: Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae. ANIMAL CONSERVATION. 11, 83-91 (2008).
Krüger, Oliver, and Radford, A. N. “Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae”. ANIMAL CONSERVATION 11.2 (2008): 83-91.
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