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literature search (from 2010 onwards) to compile information for individual site-based studies from published and unpublished sources (i.e. “grey literature”).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.本数据集记录了针对澳大利亚与新西兰拉姆萨尔（Ramsar）湿地开展的长时序滨鸟监测系统性综述成果。本综述依托2010年起的在线文献检索，从已发表与未发表资源（即“灰色文献”）中汇编各监测站点的专项研究信息。研究团队通过邮件联络在对应站点开展工作的实地研究者，以获取额外监测项目的数据与相关信息。此外，综述还纳入了澳大利亚近期全国性水鸟种群评估项目——澳大利亚鸟类指数2（Australian Bird Index 2, ABI2）的数据与建模结果，该项目针对各拉姆萨尔湿地的滨鸟种群趋势开展了分析（Clemens等，2019）。 本次综述纳入了澳大利亚与新西兰所有与单个拉姆萨尔湿地相关的公开拉姆萨尔文档。原始拉姆萨尔信息声明（Ramsar Information Statements, RIS）与生态特征描述（Ecological Character Descriptions, ECD）分别通过拉姆萨尔湿地信息服务平台与澳大利亚政府拉姆萨尔官方网站获取。本类信息用于筛选依据拉姆萨尔准则6、基于一种或多种滨鸟物种（或亚种）申报的湿地站点。本次综述还纳入了支撑湿地申报的各收录类群的种群计数或数值（即总种群丰度或迁飞路线种群占比，若可获取）、针对单个物种量化得出的可接受变化极限（Limits of Acceptable Change, LAC），以及历次评估中记录的可接受变化极限变更情况。有关数据字段与参考文献的更多细节，可查阅Excel表格中“元数据”标签页内容。