Skip to main content
Disciplines
Automotive Business IT + Informatics Construction + Real Estate Electrical Engineering + Electronics Energy + Sustainability Insurance + Risk Finance + Banking Management + Leadership Marketing + Sales Mechanical Engineering + Materials
Events
DE
EN
Books
Journals
Topic Page
Marketing
Start single access now
Access for companies
EXTENDED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Biodiversity and Conservation
Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation 10/2008

01-09-2008 | Original Paper

Aquatic bird distributions in Mexico: designing conservation approaches quantitatively

Authors: Patricia Ramírez-Bastida, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza, A. Townsend Peterson

Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation | Issue 10/2008

Log in

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config
loading …

Abstract

The aquatic birds of Mexico include both a rich fauna of residents and a significant proportion of migratory species that breed in Canada and the United States, yet their distribution and richness patterns remain poorly known. We developed a detailed database of occurrences, and estimated distributions using niche modeling interpolations for 134 species associated with wetlands. Validations of the resulting maps indicated that the niche-modeling approach yields a useful picture of aquatic bird species distributions in the country. Richness patterns among aquatic birds differ from those for landbirds: species richness is concentrated in coastal areas, but endemism is focused in the Transvolcanic Belt and the Altiplano. Place prioritization exercises identified sets of areas that would maximize the protection of this diversity.
previous article Conservation implications of competition between generalist and specialist rodents in Mediterranean afforested landscape

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 102.000 Bücher
  • über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
  • Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe




 

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now
Appendix
Available only for authorised users
Literature
Anderson RP, Peterson AT, Gómez-Laverde M (2002) Using niche-based GIS modeling to test geographic predictions of competitive exclusion and competitive release in South American pocket mice. Oikos 98:3–16CrossRef
Anderson RP, Lew D, Peterson AT (2003) Evaluating predictive models of species’ distributions: criteria for selection optimal models. Ecol Model 162:211–232CrossRef
AOU (American Ornithologists’ Union) (1998) Check-list of North American birds, 7th edn. Allen Press, Washington
Arita HT, Figueroa F, Frisch A, Rodríguez P, Santos-Del-Prado K (1997) Geographical range size and the conservation of Mexican mammals. Conserv Biol 11(1):92–100CrossRef
Arizmendi MC (2003) Estableciendo prioridades para la conservación de las aves. In: Gómez H, Oliveras A (eds) Conservación de Aves: Experiencias en México. CIPAMEX, CONABIO, México, pp 133–139
Arizmendi MC, Márquez-Valdelamar L (eds) (2000) Áreas de Importancia para la Conservación de las Aves en México. CONABIO, México
Arriaga L, Aguilar C, Espinosa-Organista D, Jiménez-Rosenberg R (1997) Regionalización Ecológica y Biogeográfica de México. Taller de la Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), México
Arriaga L, Espinoza JM, Aguilar C, Martínez E, Gómez L, Loa E (eds) (2000) Regiones Terrestres Prioritarias de México. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México
Arriaga L, Aguilar V, Alcocer J (2002) Aguas Continentales y Diversidad Biológica de México. Scale 1: 4,000,000. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México
Arriaga-Cabrera L, Aguilar-Sierra V, Alcocer-Durán J, Jiménez-Rosenberg RE, Muñoz-López E, Vázquez-Domínguez E (eds) (1998) Regiones Hidrológicas Prioritarias. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México
Banks RC, Cicero C, Dunn JL, Kratter AW, Rasmussen PC, Remsen JV Jr, Rising JD, Stotz DF (2002) Forty-third supplement to American Ornithologists’ Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 119:897–906CrossRef
Banks RC, Cicero C, Dunn JL, Kratter AW, Rasmussen PC, Remsen JV Jr, Rising JD, Stotz DF (2003) Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 120:923–931CrossRef
Banks RC, Cicero C, Dunn JL, Kratter AW, Rasmussen PC, Remsen JV Jr, Rising JD, Stotz DF (2004) Forty-fifth supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 121:985–995CrossRef
Banks RC, Cicero C, Dunn JL, Kratter AW, Rasmussen PC, Remsen JV Jr, Rising JD, Stotz DF (2006) Forty-seventh supplement to American Ornithologists’ Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 123:926–936CrossRef
Banks RC, Chesser RT, Cicero C, Dunn JL, Kratter AW, Lovette IJ, Rasmussen PC, Remsen JV Jr, Rising JD, Stotz DF (2007) Forty-eighth supplement to American Ornithologists’ Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 124: 1109–1115CrossRef
Bojórquez-Tapia L, Azuara I, Ezcurra E, Flores-Villela O (1995) Identifying conservation priorities in Mexico through geographic information systems and modelling. Ecol Appl 5(1):215–231CrossRef
Carmona R, Zamora-Orozco EM, Castillo-Guerrero JA (1999) New records of the least grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) and ten records of waterfowls in La Paz bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico. An Inst Biol Ser Zool 70(2):191–203
Carrera E, de la Fuente G (2003) Inventario y Clasificación de Humedales de México. Part I. Ducks Unlimited México, México
CNA (2006) Estadísticas del Agua en México. Comisión Nacional del Agua, Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, México
CONABIO (1999) Uso de suelo y vegetación modificado por CONABIO. Escala 1:1,000,000. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México
CONABIO (2004) Regiones Terrestres Prioritarias. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Scale 1:1,000,000, México
De la Lanza EG, García JL (eds) (2002) Lagos y Presas de México. AGT Editor, México
Escalante-Pliego P, Navarro-Sigüenza AG, Peterson AT (1993) A geographical, ecological and historical analysis of land bird diversity in Mexico. In: Ramamoorthy TP, Bye R, Lot A, Fa J (comps) Biological diversity in Mexico: origins and distributions. Oxford University Press, New York, pp 281–308
ESRI (1999) Arc view GIS ver. 3.2. Environmental Systems Research Inc., USA
Fa JE, Morales LM (1993) Patterns of mammalian diversity in Mexico. In: Ramamoorthy TP, Bye R, Lot A, Fa J (comps) Biological diversity in Mexico: origins and distributions. Oxford University Press, New York, pp 319–364
Feria TP, Peterson AT (2002) Prediction of bird community composition based on point-occurrence data and inferential algorithms: a valuable tool in biodiversity assessments. Divers Distrib 8:49–56CrossRef
Flores-Villela O (1998) Herpetofauna of México: distribution and endemism. In: Ramamoorthy TP, Bye R, Lot A, Fa J (comps) Biological diversity in Mexico: origins and distributions. Oxford University Press, New York, pp 253–280
Forcey JM (2002a) Notes on the birds of Central Oaxaca, part I: Podicipedidae to Laridae. Huitzil 3(1):1–10
Forcey JM (2002b) Notes on the birds of Central Oaxaca, part III: Hirundinidae to Fringillidae. Huitzil 3(2):43–55
Fuller T, Munguía M, Mayfield M, Sánchez-Cordero V, Sarkar S (2006) Incorporating connectivity into conservation planning: a multi-criteria case study from central Mexico. Biol Conserv 133:131–142CrossRef
Fuller T, Sánchez-Cordero V, Illoldi-Rangel P, Linaje M, Sarkar S (2007) The cost of postponing biodiversity conservation in Mexico. Biol Conserv 134:593–600CrossRef
García A (2006) Using ecological niche modelling to identify diversity hotspots for the herpetofauna of Pacific lowlands and adjacent interior valleys of Mexico. Biol Conserv 130:25–46CrossRef
García-Trejo EA, Navarro AG (2004) Patrones biogeográficos de la riqueza de especies y el endemismo de la avifauna en el oeste de México. Acta Zool 20(2):167–185
Garza-Torres HA, Navarro-Sigüenza AG (2003) Breeding records of the Sooty Tern in Tamaulipas and its distribution on the Gulf of Mexico. Huitzil 4(2):22–25
Hawkins BA, Porter EE, Diniz-Filho JAE (2003) Productivity and history as predictors of the latitudinal diversity gradient of terrestrial birds. Ecology 84(6):1608–1623CrossRef
Hernández-Avilés JS, Galindo SMC, Loera PJ (2002) Bordos o microembalses. In: De la Lanza EG, García CJL (eds) Lagos y Presas de México. Centro de Ecología y Desarrollo, México, pp 599–619
Hernández-Baños BE, Peterson AT, Navarro AG, Escalante-Pliego BP (1995) Bird faunas of the humid forest of Mesoamerica: biogeographic patterns and priorities for conservation. Bird Conserv Int 5:251–277
Hijmans RJ, Cameron SE, Parra JL, Jones PG, Jarvis A (2006) WorldClim v. 1.4. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology University of California Berkeley, Nature Serve, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Rainforest CRC, Berkeley, CA. http://​www.​worldclim.​org. Cited 03 Apr 2006
Howell SNG, Prairie LJ (1989) Notable gull records from the Yucatan Peninsula. Aves Mexicanas 2:3–4
Howell SNG, Webb S (1995) A guide to the birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, New York
Lira-Noriega A, Soberón J, Navarro-Sigüenza AG, Nakazawa Y, Peterson AT (2007) Scale dependency of diversity components estimated from primary biodiversity data and distribution maps. Divers Distrib 13:185–195CrossRef
Loiselle BA, Howell CA, Graham CH, Goerck JM, Brooks T, Smith KG, Williams PH (2003) Avoiding pitfalls of using species distribution models in conservation planning. Conserv Biol 17(6):1591–1600CrossRef
López-Ornat A, Lynch JF, MacKinnon B (1989) New and noteworthy records of birds from the eastern Yucatan Peninsula. Wilson Bull 101(3):390–409
Medina-Macías MN (2002) Patrones de Distribución de las Aves de la Sierra del Espinazo del Diablo, Sinaloa-Durango. MS Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Mittermeier RA, Goettsch MC (1992) La importancia de la diversidad biológica de México. In: Sarukhán J, Dirzo R (eds) México ante los retos de la biodiversidad. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México, pp 63–73
Morales-Pérez JE, Navarro SAG (1991) Análisis de la distribución de la avifauna de la Sierra Norte del Estado de Guerrero, México. An Inst Biol Ser Zool 62(3):497–510
Nakasawa Y, Peterson AT, Martínez-Meyer E, Navarro-Sigüenza AG (2004) Seasonal niches of Neartic-Neotropical migratory birds: implication for the evolution of migration. Auk 121(2):610–618CrossRef
Navarro AG (1992) Altitudinal distribution of birds in the Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero. Mexico Condor 94:29–39
Navarro AG (1998) Distribución Geográfica y Ecológica de la Avifauna del Estado de Guerrero, México. PhD Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias. UNAM, México
Navarro AG, Peterson AT (1999) Extensión del área de distribución de aves en el oeste de Guerrero, México. An Inst Biol Ser Zool 70(1):41–50
Navarro AG, Peterson AT, López-Medrano E, Benítez-Díaz H (2001) Species limits in Mesoamerican Aulacorhynchus toucanets. Wilson Bull 113(4):363–372CrossRef
Navarro AG, Peterson AT, Nakasawa J, Liebig-Fossas I (2003a) Colecciones Biológicas, modelaje de nichos ecológicos y los estudios de la biodiversidad. In: Morrone JJ, Llorente J (eds) Una Perspectiva Latinoamericana de la Biogeografía. CONABIO-UNAM, Mexico, pp 115–122
Navarro SAG, Peterson AT, Gordillo-Martínez A (2003b) Museums working together: the atlas of the birds of Mexico. Bull Br Ornithol Club 123:208–225
Neyra GL, Durand SL (1998) Biodiversidad. La Diversidad biológica de México: Estudio del País. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, México, pp 62–102
Olson DM, Dinerstein E (2002) The global 200: priority ecoregions for global conservation. Ann Missouri Bot Garden 89:199–224CrossRef
Pearson RG, Raxworthy C, Nakamura M, Peterson AT (2006) Predicting species’ distributions from small numbers of occurrence records: a test case using cryptic geckos in Madagascar. J Biogeogr 34:102–117CrossRef
Pérez-Arteaga A, Gaston KJ (2004) Wildfowl population trends in Mexico, 1961–2000: a basis for conservation planning. Biol Conserv 115:343–355CrossRef
Pérez-Arteaga A, Gaston KJ, Kershaw M (2002) Undesignated sites in Mexico qualifying as wetlands of international importance. Biol Conserv 107:47–57CrossRef
Peterson AT (1998) The distribution and type locality of the extinct Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris. Bull Br Ornithol Club 118:119–121
Peterson AT (2001) Predicting species’ geographic distributions based on ecological niche modeling. Condor 103:599–605CrossRef
Peterson AT (2005) Kansas gap analysis: the importance of validating distributional models before using them. Southwest Nat 50:230–236CrossRef
Peterson AT, Cohoon KP (1999) Sensitivity of distributional prediction algorithms to geographic data completeness. Ecol Model 117:159–164CrossRef
Peterson AT, Holt RD (2003) Niche differentiation in Mexican birds: using point occurrences to detect ecological innovation. Ecol Lett 6:774–782CrossRef
Peterson AT, Navarro AG (2000) Western Mexico: a significant centre of avian endemism and challenge for conservation action. Cotinga 14:42–46
Peterson AT, Navarro-Sigüenza AG (2006) Hundred-year changes in the avifauna of the Valley of Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Huitzil 7(1):4–14
Peterson AT, Soberón J, Sánchez-Cordero V (1999) Conservatism of ecological niches in evolutionary time. Science 285:1265–1267PubMedCrossRef
Peterson AT, Sánchez-Cordero V, Soberón J, Bartley J, Buddmeier RW, Navarro-Sigüenza AG (2001) Effects of global climate change on geographic distributions of Mexican Cracidae. Ecol Model 144:21–30CrossRef
Peterson AT, Ball LG, Cohoon KP (2002a) Predicting distributions of Mexican birds using ecological niche modelling methods. Ibis 144:E27–E32CrossRef
Peterson AT, Ortega-Huerta MA, Bartley J, Sánchez-Cordero V, Soberón J, Buddemeier RH, Stockwell DRB (2002b) Future projections for Mexican faunas under global climate change scenarios. Nature 416:626–629PubMedCrossRef
Pressey RL, Possingham HP, Margules CR (1996) Optimality in reserve selection algorithms: when does it matter and how much? Biol Conserv 76:259–267CrossRef
Ramamoorthy TP, Bye R, Lot A, Fa J (eds) (1993) Biological diversity of Mexico: origins and distributions. Oxford University Press, New York
Ramírez-Bastida P (2000) Aves de Humedales en Zonas Urbanas del Noroeste de la Ciudad de México. MS Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Ramírez-Bastida P, DeSucre-Medrano AE, Navarro AG, Romo PJ, Castro HJ (1994) Winter specimens of the common loon (Gavia immer) from the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Southwest Nat 39:394–395
Rodríguez-Yañez C, Villalón RM, Navarro SAG (1994) Bibliografía de Aves de México (1825–1992). Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Rojas-Soto OR, Navarro SAG (1999) New reports on the avifauna in the state of Puebla, Mexico. An Inst Biol Ser Zool 70(2):205–213
Rojas-Soto O, Alcántara-Ayala O, Navarro AG (2003) Regionalization of the avifauna of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico: a parsimony analysis of endemicity and distributional modelling approach. J Biogeogr 30:449–461CrossRef
Rose PM, Scott DA (1997) Waterfowl population estimates. Wetlands International Publication 44, 2nd edn. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Sánchez-Cordero V, Cirelli C, Munguía M, Sarkar S (2005a) Place prioritization for biodiversity representation using species’ ecological niche modeling. Biodivers Inf 2:11–23
Sánchez-Cordero V, Illoldi-Rangel P, Linaje M, Sarkar S, Peterson AT (2005b) Deforestation and extant distributions of Mexican endemic mammals. Biol Conserv 126:465–473CrossRef
Sarkar S, Aggarwal A, Garson J, Margules C, Zeidler J (2002) Place prioritization for biodiversity content. J Biosci 27:339–346PubMedCrossRef
Sarkar S, Pappas C, Garson J, Aggarwal A, Cameron S (2004) Place priorization form biodiversity conservation using probabilistic surrogate distribution data. Div Distrib 10:125–133CrossRef
Schaldach WJ Jr, Escalante PBP, Winker K (1997) Further notes on the avifauna of Oaxaca, Mexico. An Inst Biol Ser Zool 68:91–135
SEMARNAT (2002) Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2001. Protección ambiental-Especies nativas de México de flora y fauna silvestres—Categorías de riesgo y especificaciones para su inclusión, exclusión o cambio—Lista de especies en riesgo. Diario Oficial de la Federación, México. 6 March 2002, pp 1–153
Soberón J, Peterson AT (2005) Interpretation of models of fundamental ecological niches and species’ distributional areas. Biodivers Inf 2:1–10
Stockwell DRB, Noble IR (1992) Induction of sets of rules from animal distribution data: a robust and informative method of analysis. Math Comput Simul 33:385–390CrossRef
Stockwell DR, Peters DP (1999) The GARP modelling system: problems and solutions to automated spatial prediction. Int J Geogr Inf Sci 13:143–158CrossRef
Stockwell DRB, Peterson AT (2002) Effects of sample size in accuracy of species distribution models. Ecol Model 148:1–13CrossRef
US Fish and Wildlife Service (2007) Waterfowl population status, 2007. US Department of the Interior, Washington
US Shorebird Conservation Plan (2004) High priority shorebirds—2004. Unpublished Report, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfac Dr, MBSP 4107, Arlington, VA, 22203 USA
Vázquez-Rivera H (2004) Preferencias de Hábitat por la Avifauna Presente en la Laguna Chimaliapan, Ciénagas del Lerma, Estado de México. MS Thesis, Ciencias Biológicas (Biología Ambiental), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Villaseñor JF (1993) First documented records of the Arctic Tern on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Wilson Bull 105:64–365
Williams P, Gibbons D, Margules CR, Rebelo A, Humphries C, Pressey R (1996) A comparison of richness hotspots, rarity hotspots, and complementary areas for conserving diversity of British birds. Conserv Biol 10:155–174CrossRef
Metadata
Title
Aquatic bird distributions in Mexico: designing conservation approaches quantitatively
Authors
Patricia Ramírez-Bastida
Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza
A. Townsend Peterson
Publication date
01-09-2008
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Biodiversity and Conservation / Issue 10/2008
Print ISSN: 0960-3115
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9710
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-008-9398-0

Other articles of this Issue 10/2008

Biodiversity and Conservation 10/2008 Go to the issue

Original Paper

Seed and cone diversity and seed germination of Pinus pinea in Strofylia Site of the Natura 2000 Network

Original Paper

Genetic structure of an insect-pollinated and bird-dispersed tropical tree in vegetation fragments and corridors: implications for conservation

Original Paper

Multiple measures are necessary to assess rarity in macro-molluscs: a case study from southeastern Australia

Original Paper

Large-scale occurrence patterns of red-listed lichens and fungi on old oaks are influenced both by current and historical habitat density

Original Paper

Spatio-temporal analysis of cetacean strandings and bycatch in a UK fisheries hotspot

Original Paper

Diversity and distribution of murid rodent populations between forest and derived savanna sites within south western Nigeria