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Backyard birders in South Africa may continue to enjoy biodiversity in visiting birds under climate change scenarios, while climate change and declining biodiversity may decrease birding in protected public parks

10.22.25 | PLOS
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Backyard birders in South Africa may continue to enjoy biodiversity in visiting birds under climate change scenarios, while climate change and declining biodiversity may decrease birding in protected public parks
Flamingos in flight Credit: Kyle Manley

Backyard birders in South Africa may continue to enjoy biodiversity in visiting birds under climate change scenarios, while climate change and declining biodiversity may decrease birding in protected public parks.

Article URL: https://plos.io/4ol2UxW

Article Title: Climate change impacts the non-market value of nature: A case study of birding cultural ecosystem services in South Africa

Author Countries: United States

Funding: This work was supported by the Ridge to Reef NSF Research Traineeship, Award DGE-1735040 to KM. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS Climate

10.1371/journal.pclm.0000715

22-Oct-2025

Competing Interests: The Authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Biodiversity Birds Ecological Diversity Population Biology Recreation Tourism

Article Information

Journal
PLOS Climate
DOI
10.1371/journal.pclm.0000715
Article Publication Date
2025-10-22
COI Statement
Competing Interests: The Authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Charlotte Bhaskar
PLOS
cbhaskar@plos.org

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PLOS. (2025, October 22). Backyard birders in South Africa may continue to enjoy biodiversity in visiting birds under climate change scenarios, while climate change and declining biodiversity may decrease birding in protected public parks. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRDEO5O8/backyard-birders-in-south-africa-may-continue-to-enjoy-biodiversity-in-visiting-birds-under-climate-change-scenarios-while-climate-change-and-declining-biodiversity-may-decrease-birding-in-protected-p.html
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"Backyard birders in South Africa may continue to enjoy biodiversity in visiting birds under climate change scenarios, while climate change and declining biodiversity may decrease birding in protected public parks." Brightsurf News, Oct. 22 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRDEO5O8/backyard-birders-in-south-africa-may-continue-to-enjoy-biodiversity-in-visiting-birds-under-climate-change-scenarios-while-climate-change-and-declining-biodiversity-may-decrease-birding-in-protected-p.html.