For the first time, researchers have estimated the spotted owl population across the entire Sierra Nevada ecosystem. The analysis, which was led by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, suggests that there are 2,218 to 2,328 adult owls on federally managed lands.
The Sierra Nevada is the home of the California Spotted Owl, one of three subspecies of spotted owl, and the only one that does not yet have federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. That is likely to change soon, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicated in February that the Sierra Nevada population is likely to be listed as"threatened.
"For years the spotted owl conservation community has wanted to understand what's happening with the owl across broad areas, and we've finally been able to provide an answer," Wood said.2was figuring out how to combine data from hundreds of thousands of hours of acoustic data processed with cutting edge machine learning tools and conventional owl survey data from much smaller areas in which crews locate owls at night by imitating owl calls.
The ecological complexity of the Sierra Nevada and its rapid pace of change makes the broad scale of this survey particularly important. "As the landscape of the Sierra Nevada changes due to drought, fire, and rising temperatures, this baseline will help us understand how each of those factors and more are affecting this iconic species," said Kate McGinn, a University of Wisconsin researcher who contributed to the analysis.Kevin G.
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