Broad‐scale climate variation drives the dynamics of animal populations: A global multi‐taxa analysis

X Wan, M Holyoak, C Yan, Y Le Maho… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate is a major extrinsic factor affecting the population dynamics of many organisms. The
Broad‐Scale Climate Hypothesis (BSCH) was proposed by Elton to explain the large‐scale …

North American birds require mitigation and adaptation to reduce vulnerability to climate change

BL Bateman, C Wilsey, L Taylor, J Wu… - … Science and Practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In an emerging climate crisis, effective conservation requires both adaptation and mitigation
to improve the resilience of species. The currently pledged emissions reductions outlined in …

Current breeding distributions and predicted range shifts under climate change in two subspecies of Black‐tailed Godwits in Asia

BR Zhu, MA Verhoeven, N Velasco… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and shifts associated with climate change threaten global biodiversity, with
impacts likely to be most pronounced at high latitudes. With the disappearance of the tundra …

Persistent impacts of West Nile virus on North American bird populations

TL George, RJ Harrigan, JA LaManna… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Since its introduction to North America in 1999, West Nile virus (WNV) has had devastating
impacts on native host populations, but to date these impacts have been difficult to measure …

Factors regulating the bioavailability of methylmercury to breeding rusty blackbirds in northeastern wetlands

ST Edmonds, NJ O'Driscoll, NK Hillier, JL Atwood… - Environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
Rusty blackbirds are undergoing rapid population decline and have elevated Hg
concentrations while breeding in the Acadian ecoregion of North America. Factors …

Climate variability has idiosyncratic impacts on North American aerial insectivorous bird population trajectories

NL Michel, KA Hobson, CA Morrissey, RG Clark - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Delineating effects of climate change on biological communities is an urgent conservation
challenge, as climate models predict increases in frequency and magnitude of climatic …

Automated telemetry reveals staging behavior in a declining migratory passerine

JR Wright, LL Powell, CM Tonra - The Auk: Ornithological …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Migratory birds spend most of their journeys at stopover sites where they rest and refuel.
Many migrants are in steep decline, and understanding their behavior within and among …

Aerosolized coal fly ash: A previously unrecognized primary factor in the catastrophic global demise of bird populations and species

M Whiteside, JM Herndon - Asian Journal of Biology, 2018 - library.go4manusub.com
Objectives: Bird populations and species world-wide are experiencing die-offs on an
unprecedented scale. Forensic evidence is consistent with coal fly ash (CFA), the toxic …

[PDF][PDF] Conservation planning for boreal birds in a changing climate: a framework for action.

D Stralberg, D Berteaux, CR Drever… - Avian …, 2019 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The boreal forests of North America support billions of birds of over 300 species. The region
remains mostly intact but is expected to undergo major changes over the next century due to …

Will lynx lose their edge? Canada lynx occupancy in Washington

TW King, C Vynne, D Miller, S Fisher… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Populations of species located at southern range edges may be particularly vulnerable to
the effects of climate change as warming temperatures and subsequent changes to …