Bird Conservation Strategy for region 11 in the Prairies and Northern Region: identified threats

Table 4. Relative magnitude of identified threats to priority species within BCR 11 PNR by threat category and broad habitat class.
Threat category	Habitat type Coniferous	Habitat type Deciduous	Habitat type Mixed	Habitat type Shrub/early successional	Habitat type Herbaceous	Habitat type Cultivated and managed areas	Habitat type Bare areas	Habitat type Urban	Habitat type Wetlands	Habitat type Waterbodies	Habitat type All habitats
All threat categories	H	H	H	VH	VH	VH	H	M	VH	VH	-
1 Residential & commercial development	M	-	M	-	M	M	L	-	M	-	M
2 Agriculture & aquaculture	H	H	H	VH	VH	VH	H	-	VH	VH	VH
3 Energy production & mining	L	M	M	M	M	M	M	-	M	M	M
4 Transportation & service corridors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	L	-	L
5 Biological resource use	-	L	-	L	-	L	-	-	L	-	L
6 Human intrusions & disturbance	M	H	M	H	H	H	H	M	H	M	VH
7 Natural system modifications	-	H	M	H	H	H	M	-	H	H	H
8 Invasive & other problematic species & genes	L	M	L	M	M	H	H	M	H	H	H
9 Pollution	L	H	M	H	H	VH	M	M	H	H	VH
11 Climate change & severe weather	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	VH	H	VH

Note: Overall ranks were generated through a roll-up procedure described in Kennedy et al. (2012). "L" represents Low Magnitude threats; "M" = Medium; "H"= High; "VH" = Very High. Blank cells indicate that no priority species had threats identified in the threat category/habitat combination.

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