ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Potential Suitable Habitat Distribution and Conservation Strategy for the Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus) at Spring Stopover Sites in Northeastern China
Ding Wen 1,2
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CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
 
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
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Momoge Nature Reserve Bureau, Zhenlai, China
 
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China Medical University, Shenyang, China
 
 
Submission date: 2019-08-14
 
 
Final revision date: 2019-10-18
 
 
Acceptance date: 2019-10-27
 
 
Online publication date: 2020-03-23
 
 
Publication date: 2020-05-12
 
 
Corresponding author
Yuanman Hu   

Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(5):3375-3384
 
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The wetlands where the migratory waterfowl stop during their migration, also called stopover wetlands, are important nodes where migratory waterfowl supplement their energy and food. The Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus), a wetland obligate endangered species, is highly dependent on a series of stopovers on the migration route. Although some conservation measures have been adopted in China, it is still necessary to develop an appropriate management strategy to preserve this endangered species at different stopover areas. This paper used maximum entropy modeling to evaluate habitat suitability for the migration of the Siberian crane. We found that vegetation community type and water depth are the most important factors affecting the distribution of the Siberian crane during the migration period. For Siberian crane migration, the most suitable water depth does not exceed 60 cm, the desirable land cover type is swamp, the most suitable community is Phragmites-Sparganium, the most suitable vegetation coverage is from 8% to 35%, the distance from a residential area is over 2800 m, and the distance from a road is over 2000 m. On this basis, some specific conservation strategies are proposed for better protection and management of the Siberian crane’s habitat. These results can serve as a reference point for the preservation and management of the potential habitats of similar endangered waterfowl.
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