Hansenetal_Ramsar_shorebird_summaries_AUS_NZ_August2020

This dataset describes the results of a comprehensive review
of long-term shorebird monitoring at Australian and New Zealand Ramsar sites.
The review was conducted using an online literature search (from 2010 onwards)
to compile information for individual site-based studies from published and unpublished
sources (i.e. “grey literature”). Field researchers known to be working at
particular sites were contacted by email to obtain data and information from additional
monitoring initiatives. The review also included data and modelling results
from the most recent Australia-wide assessment of waterbird populations, the
Australian Bird Index 2 (ABI2), which analysed shorebird population trends at
individual Ramsar sites (Clemens et al. 2019).

The
review included all available Ramsar documentation relating to individual
Ramsar sites in Australia and New Zealand. Original Ramsar Information
Statements (RIS) and Ecological Character Descriptions (ECD) were accessed
through the Ramsar Sites Information Service and the Australian Government
Ramsar website, respectively. This information was used to determine which sites
were nominated on the basis of one or more shorebird species (or subspecies)
under Criterion 6. Other included information was the population counts or
values (i.e. total abundance or proportion of flyway population) for individual
listed taxa that supported the nomination (if available), Limits of Acceptable
Change (LAC) (where quantified for individual species), and any documented
changes in LAC from previous assessments. More details on data fields and
references can be found under the “Metadata” tab in the Excel spreadsheet.

本数据集详细阐述了澳大利亚及新西兰拉姆萨尔湿地长期岸鸟监测的综合评审结果。该评审工作通过在线文献检索（自2010年起）对已发表及未发表文献（即所谓‘灰色文献’）进行信息汇编，以构建基于单个湿地的研究资料。已知在某特定湿地工作的野外研究人员通过电子邮件联系，以获取额外监测项目的数据和信息。评审内容还包括最新全国范围内的水鸟种群评估——澳大利亚鸟类指数2（ABI2）的数据和建模结果，该评估分析了各拉姆萨尔湿地岸鸟种群的趋势（参见Clemens等，2019年）。评审涵盖了与澳大利亚及新西兰各拉姆萨尔湿地相关的所有可用拉姆萨尔文献。原始的拉姆萨尔信息声明（RIS）和生态特征描述（ECD）分别通过拉姆萨尔湿地信息服务和澳大利亚政府拉姆萨尔网站获取。这些信息用于确定依据第6项标准，基于一种或多种岸鸟物种（或亚种）被提名的湿地。其他包含的信息包括支持提名单个名录物种的种群计数或数值（即总丰度或迁徙种群比例），可量化的可接受变化极限（LAC），以及与前次评估相比的任何记录的LAC变化。数据字段和参考文献的详细信息可在Excel电子表格的“元数据”标签下找到。