Bird Conservation Strategy for region 13 in Quebec: identified threats

Table 4. Relative magnitude of identified threats to priority species within BCR 13-QC by threat category and broad habitat class.
Threat category	Habitat class Coniferous	Habitat class Deciduous	Habitat class Mixed	Habitat class Shrub/Early Successional	Habitat class Herbaceous	Habitat class Cultivated and Managed Areas	Habitat class Bare Areas	Habitat class Urban	Habitat class Wetlands	Habitat class Waterbodies	Habitat class Coastal	Habitat class Riparian	Habitat class Overall
Overall	M	H	H	H	H	VH	M	H	VH	H	L	H	-
1 Residential & commercial development	H	H	H	H	L	L	-	H	VH	H	-	H	VH
2 Agriculture & aquaculture	M	H	H	H	H	VH	-	VH	VH	H	-	VH	VH
4 Transportation & service corridors	-	H	-	H	-	M	-	M	-	-	-	-	H
5 Biological resource use	L	H	L	-	-	-	L	L	H	L	-	M	H
6 Human intrusions & disturbance	-	-	-	-	-	-	L	M	L	L	L	-	L
7 Natural system modifications	-	-	-	VH	-	M	H	L	M	-	L	M	H
8 Invasive & other problematic species & genes	M	M	M	H	M	M	-	M	H	-	M	-	H
9 Pollution	L	L	L	L	-	VH	-	-	M	L	-	-	H
11 Climate change & severe weather	-	M	-	-	H	H	-	H	H	-	-	H	H
12 Other direct threats	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L

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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