Decoupling of bird migration from the changing phenology of spring green-up

EP Robertson, FA La Sorte, JD Mays… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The green-up of vegetation in spring brings a pulse of food resources that many animals
track during migration. However, green-up phenology is changing with climate change …

Migratory strategy drives species-level variation in bird sensitivity to vegetation green-up

C Youngflesh, J Socolar, BR Amaral, A Arab… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Animals and plants are shifting the timing of key life events in response to climate change,
yet despite recent documentation of escalating phenological change, scientists lack a full …

Increasing phenological asynchrony between spring green-up and arrival of migratory birds

SJ Mayor, RP Guralnick, MW Tingley, J Otegui… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Consistent with a warming climate, birds are shifting the timing of their migrations, but it
remains unclear to what extent these shifts have kept pace with the changing environment …

Shifts in bird migration timing in north American long‐distance and short‐distance migrants are associated with climate change

J Zaifman, D Shan, A Ay… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Bird migration is a synchronized event that has evolved over thousands of years. Changing
temperatures due to climate change threaten the intricacies of migration timing for birds; …

Springing forward: Migrating songbirds catch up with the start of spring in North America

CE Nemes, PP Marra, TJ Zenzal Jr… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In temperate regions, the annual pattern of spring onset can be envisioned as a 'green
wave'of emerging vegetation that moves across continents from low to high latitudes …

Phenological synchronization of seasonal bird migration with vegetation greenness across dietary guilds

FA La Sorte, CH Graham - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The seasonal movement of animals has been linked to seasonal variation in ecological
productivity, and it has been hypothesized that primary consumers synchronize migration …

Six decades of North American bird banding records reveal plasticity in migration phenology

KG Horton, SR Morris, BM Van Doren… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The timing of avian migration has evolved to exploit critical seasonal resources, yet plasticity
within phenological responses may allow adjustments to interannual resource phenology …

Advancement in long-distance bird migration through individual plasticity in departure

JR Conklin, S Lisovski, PF Battley - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Globally, bird migration is occurring earlier in the year, consistent with climate-related
changes in breeding resources. Although often attributed to phenotypic plasticity, there is no …

Effects of nutritional condition on spring migration: do migrants use resource availability to keep pace with a changing world?

ES Bridge, JF Kelly, PE Bjornen… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Because of their reliance on temporally predictable resources across large spatial scales,
migratory birds may be especially vulnerable to anthropogenic climate and land-use …

Resource tracking within and across continents in long-distance bird migrants

K Thorup, AP Tøttrup, M Willemoes, RHG Klaassen… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Migratory birds track seasonal resources across and between continents. We propose a
general strategy of tracking the broad seasonal abundance of resources throughout the …