Collaboration

To expand the cooperation and the network of stakeholders on the Iberian Peninsula, it is foreseen to include the University of Extremadura (UEX) in the Godwit Flyway network. The UEX team is skilled and experienced in studying Black-tailed Godwit migration, connectivity, habitat selection, responses to environmental changes, and also works on the function of agroecosystems as staging areas for migratory birds.

UEX will contribute to the project targets in engaging rice farmers in Spain to improve water management in rice fields. The team will also investigate the impacts of developing best practice methods in rice field management for Black-tailed Godwits in Spain. This collaboration will be led by the University of Aveiro (UA), as scientific research (from fundamental to more applied) of UEX and UA has been developed in synergy for more than a decade.