Beyond canaries in coal mines: Co-occurrence of Andean mining concessions and migratory birds

摘要: Abstract Spatial planning and decision-support tools facilitate the consideration of socioecological tradeoffs associated with extractive activities, but insufficient data resources often limit their application. Focusing on birds mining concessions in Northern Andes, we illustrate how publicly-available can be used spatial prioritization to identify where have potential impact 22 species Neotropical migratory birds. Concessions covered 11% land area Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, disproportionately occurred within important areas for Colombia not Peru. eBird showed that one-quarter avian species, including Olive-sided Flycatcher, Cerulean Warbler, Canada had >10% global populations concession during non-breeding season. More worrisome, greater conservation importance larger population declines (1974–2014) were most likely co-occur mining. Our approach highlights public biodiversity predict, avoid, or mitigate ecological impacts from activities.