The role of pollutants and emerging diseases in endangering a global migratory flyway

本项目旨在研究化学污染对东亚-澳大拉西亚迁徙路线（EAAF）沿岸鸟类疾病易感性和生存的影响。在所有长途候鸟中，青藏高原沿岸的800多万只滨鸟受到全球变化的严重打击，种群数量减少了80%。该项目将使用鸟类在亚洲迁徙中途停留地点的数据，7年的血液和病毒样本数据，以及在澳大利亚非繁殖地停留期间收集的38年的条带数据。该项目将为制定缓解战略提供必要的数据，以帮助遏制种群的消亡，同时就污染对移徙者在疾病传播中所起作用的影响提供信息。

This project aims to investigate the role of chemical pollution on disease susceptibility and survival in shorebirds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF). Among all long-distance migratory birds, the more than eight million shorebirds along the EAAF have notably been hit hard by global change, with population declines up to 80%. This project will use data from birds on their Asian migratory stopover sites, data from seven years of blood and virus samples, and 38 years of banding data collected while staying on the Australian non-breeding grounds. The project will provide essential data for developing mitigation strategies to help curb the populations’ demise, while informing on the effects of pollution on the role of migrants in disease spread.