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Assessing migratory connectivity and quantifying the impact of migrant shorebirds in the structure and functioning of tropical and temperate coastal ecosystems
Coordinator - Teresa Catry Programme - Investigador FCT Execution dates - 2017-01-01 - 2021-03-12 (50 Months) Funding Entity - FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Funding for CESAM - 50000 € Total Funding - 50000 € Proponent Institution - Universidade de Lisboa Project Description Migrant animals induce seasonal ecological impacts on resident communities and ecosystem processes through trophic (energy fluxes as prey and predator) and transport (seeds, parasites, pathogens, nutrients) effects. Understanding and quantifying such impacts is a major issue in the ecological research agenda. This project will focus on an avian migratory system at a large geographical scale: shorebirds in the East Atlantic Flyway (EAF). Migratory shorebirds link disparate communities over the world, being key predators in most coastal areas. We aim to (1) build a thorough understanding on the role of migrants in the structure and functioning of food webs in tidal environments within the EAF, (2) assess migratory connectivity and key parameters of migratory strategies of shorebirds in the EAF and (3) predict the consequences of trophic downgrading, simulating a scenario of potential shorebird loss, on the studied ecosystems. CESAM members on this project Teresa Catry Coordinator

Assessing migratory connectivity and quantifying the impact of migrant shorebirds in the structure and functioning of tropical and temperate coastal ecosystems

Coordinator - Teresa Catry
Programme - Investigador FCT
Execution dates - 2017-01-01 - 2021-03-12 (50 Months)
Funding Entity - FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Funding for CESAM - 50000 €
Total Funding - 50000 €
Proponent Institution - Universidade de Lisboa

Project Description
Migrant animals induce seasonal ecological impacts on resident communities and ecosystem processes through trophic (energy fluxes as prey and predator) and transport (seeds, parasites, pathogens, nutrients) effects. Understanding and quantifying such impacts is a major issue in the ecological research agenda.
This project will focus on an avian migratory system at a large geographical scale: shorebirds in the East Atlantic Flyway (EAF). Migratory shorebirds link disparate communities over the world, being key predators in most coastal areas. We aim to (1) build a thorough understanding on the role of migrants in the structure and functioning of food webs in tidal environments within the EAF, (2) assess migratory connectivity and key parameters of migratory strategies of shorebirds in the EAF and (3) predict the consequences of trophic downgrading, simulating a scenario of potential shorebird loss, on the studied ecosystems.

CESAM members on this project

Teresa Catry
Coordinator