14/21 #ISTC20 #Sesh9
There is much scope in combining Earth observations with Down-to-Earth observations of tracked #shorebirds. We developed a very satisfactory LAND USE INTENSITY metric based on @Sentinel1a explaining godwit distributions. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… @ESA_EO @esa
15/21 #ISTC20 #Sesh9
We were able to show the value of both this new LAND USE INTENSITY metric as well as distribution of tagged godwits during hot dry summer of 2018, when much of what is now evergreen pasture turned brown. #climatechange #Dairy @RuthHowison @DairyCampus
16/21 #ISTC20 #Sesh9
Distribution of tagged black-tailed #godwits in early summer was better predictor of #drought damage than land use intensity. Interpretation: #grutto's select intact #soils with capillary connections with #groundwater. #meadowbirds #sentinels @WaderStudy
17/21 #ISTC20 #Sesh9
What works on Dutch breeding grounds, also works in West-Africa! Here godwits indicate hydrologically healthy low-intensity agriculture which are likely to be more #sustainable than industrial forms of #rice #farming now implemented. @FAO @LouiseOFresco
18/21 #ISTC20 #Sesh9
THIS IS ONE TO READ & STUDY AT LEISURE. I have tried to list the points I really liked to make and hope it still makes sense! #shorebirdsentinels #marathonmigrants #flyway #seasonality #seasons #movementecology #globalchange #ornithology @WaderStudy
19/21 #ISTC20 #Sesh9
I cannot capture in words what it means to be a small part of this global network of devoted, enthusiastic, capable, hard-working & far-sighted people carrying out near-impossible missions of investigation AND protection of #marathonmigrants. @WaderStudy
20/21 #ISTC20 #Sesh9
To share our stories, work together with like-minded souls of different talents, especially in creative arts. Lots to learn from each other to find narratives helping to reverse global predicament. We need shorebirds as much as they need us! @KeningGreide

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Hi shorebird folks! 1more4U2go! Migratory shorebirds connect. Movements, presence & phenotypes signal the state of habitats. Let's develop tracked individual migratory birds as sentinels (of connected parts) of Earth. #ornithology #globalchange @WaderStudy
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