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Goal 2: Identify factor(s) limiting global and regional populations to inform Goal 1.
Identify factor(s) limiting global and regional
populations to inform conservation actions by
undertaking the following tasks:
Understand demographics and response to
habitat management
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• Achieving Goal 2 will be measured against the
development of a full life cycle research program
to inform conservation activities leading to
stabilization and increase in populations.
• Measure demographic response to habitat
management at appropriate scales and develop
feedback mechanism to ensure the conservation
plan continues to be adaptive.
Quantify effect of cowbird parasitism • Proportion of nests parasitized and breeding
effects as measured through coordinated
Clarify effects of interaction with Blue-winged
Warbler
Assess connectivity between breeding grounds
and non-breeding grounds and changes in
distribution
Identify migratory obstacles and scale of effect on
populations
monitoring.
• Map and measure hybridization and mitigating
environmental factors through coordinated
research.
• Successfully identify nuclear DNA markers that
differentiate Golden-winged Warbler from Bluewinged
Warbler
• Map and measure geographic changes in
population through coordinated, rangewide
monitoring.
• Number of countries represented in stable
isotope samples and degree of successful
connection between breeding and winter
populations.
• Initiate research on migration ecology and
stopover habitat.
• Understand risk to Golden-winged Warblers and
how to mitigate them.
Understand effect of climate and climate change • Examine climatic needs of Golden-winged
Warblers and periodically compare against
climate change models.
• Successfully add Golden-winged Warbler to
National Phenology Network database.