Migratory species worldwide
Migratory species are an important ecological link between the Arctic and the rest of the world. The threats facing these species include overharvesting, habitat degradation and low population densities. Populations and migratory patterns can also be affected by pollution, invasive species and the northern expansion of southern specie. International coordination is key to successful conservation because migratory species face threats across their whole migratory range.
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Adapted from G. Harris, et al., Global Decline in Aggregated Migrations of Large Terrestrial Mammals, Endangered Species Research, 7: 55–76, 2009; Milner-Gulland, E.J. et al., Animal Migration A Synthesis, Oxford University Press, 2011; Billions of Birds Migrate: Where Do They Go?, National Geographic, March 2018; Living Planet: Connected Planet, GRID-Arendal, 2012; B. Hoare, Animal Migration Remarkable Journeys by Air, Land and Sea, London Natural History Museum, 2009; L. Medrano González and J. Urbán Ramírez, La ballena jorobada en la Norma Oficial Mexicana [The humpback whale in the Official Mexican Standard], Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Faculty of Sciences, SNIB-CONABIO, Mexico, 2002; Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF); Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI); S. Nebel, Animal Migration. Nature Education Knowledge, 2010, 3(10): 77; Migratory Birds and Flyways, Birdlife Flyways Programme, Birdlife International.
Year: 2019
From collection: Global linkages – a graphic look at the changing Arctic (rev.1)
Cartographer: Philippe Rekacewicz and Nieves Lopez Izquierdo