Hundreds More Species than We Thought Might Be Endangered
The velvet-purple coronet, iridescent hummingbird, is found in parts of Colombia and Ecuador, and is almost extinct. According to satellite data of elevation and forest cover to approach suitable habitats, the teams advise to rethink in classifying the populations. With elevation models and data from Landsat satellites, they can identify at 586 bird species from Asia, the Americas and Madagascar. They refined the potential habitat for each species, and then examined the changes in forest cover in those areas. According to email from the teams about velvet-purple coronet classification, there are contrast notions between the teams, in which Ocampo-Peńuela's team says its approach is accurate, but the IUCN said the teams were difficult to understand the result of IUCN criteria, which the classification was incorrect about many species in their research.
Source: newscientist.com/article/2112244-hundreds-more-species-than-we-thought-might-be-endangered/
The velvet-purple coronet, iridescent hummingbird, is found in parts of Colombia and Ecuador, and is almost extinct. According to satellite data of elevation and forest cover to approach suitable habitats, the teams advise to rethink in classifying the populations. With elevation models and data from Landsat satellites, they can identify at 586 bird species from Asia, the Americas and Madagascar. They refined the potential habitat for each species, and then examined the changes in forest cover in those areas. According to email from the teams about velvet-purple coronet classification, there are contrast notions between the teams, in which Ocampo-Peńuela's team says its approach is accurate, but the IUCN said the teams were difficult to understand the result of IUCN criteria, which the classification was incorrect about many species in their research.
Source: newscientist.com/article/2112244-hundreds-more-species-than-we-thought-might-be-endangered/
