caa a22 4500 463175549 CHVBK 20180406164825.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10336-007-0194-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10336-007-0194-5 The importance of birds for conservation in the Neotropical region [Elektronische Daten] [Jaime García-Moreno, Rob Clay, César Ríos-Muñoz] Habitat loss remains the major threat to birds in the Neotropics, although there are several additional specific threats, for example trade, nest parasitism, invasives on islands, and for seabirds, bycatch. Capacity building also remains a key issue for conservation in the area. Nevertheless, the region has benefited by a surge in research, with an increase in Neotropical avian studies over the last decade, many of them incorporating modern techniques for analyzing a variety of data, for example vocalization and molecular data. These studies have improved our general understanding of the taxonomic status of several forms, and their ecology and conservation needs, and the bird-watching community has become an important force that can be mobilized to gather information and to support conservation efforts. But birds themselves are playing now a key role in the development of conservation strategies in the region. The important bird areas (IBAs) promoted by BirdLife are now a key component in our strategy for defining key biodiversity areas (KBAs), by means of which Conservation International is attempting to broaden the taxonomic spectrum of the IBA concept. Migratory birds and those with large home range are becoming important elements in our strategy as we try to move from IBAs and KBAs to large-scale biodiversity corridors. Dt. Ornithologen-Gesellschaft e.V., 2007 Important bird areas (IBAs) nationallicence Key biodiversity areas (KBAs) nationallicence Neotropical region nationallicence Avian conservation nationallicence García-Moreno Jaime Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Mexico and Central America, Conservation International, Apdo. 2365-2050, San Pedro, Costa Rica aut Clay Rob BirdLife International, Americas Secretariat, Vicente Cárdenas E5-75 y Japón, 3er Piso, C.P. 17-17-717, Quito, Ecuador aut Ríos-Muñoz César Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, 04510, México D. F., México aut Journal of Ornithology Springer-Verlag 148(2007-12-01), 321-326 0021-8375 148<321 2007 148 10336 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-007-0194-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-007-0194-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- García-Moreno Jaime Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Mexico and Central America, Conservation International, Apdo. 2365-2050, San Pedro, Costa Rica aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Clay Rob BirdLife International, Americas Secretariat, Vicente Cárdenas E5-75 y Japón, 3er Piso, C.P. 17-17-717, Quito, Ecuador aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ríos-Muñoz César Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, 04510, México D. F., México aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Ornithology Springer-Verlag 148(2007-12-01), 321-326 0021-8375 148<321 2007 148 10336 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer