Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

Philip A. Stephens; Lucy R. Mason; Rhys E. Green; Richard D. Gregory; John R. Sauer; Jamie Alison; Ainars Aunins; Lluís Brotons; Stuart H.M. Butchart; Tommaso Campedelli; Tomasz Chodkiewicz; Przemyslaw Chylarecki; Olivia Crowe; Jaanus Elts; Virginia Escandell; Ruud P.B. Foppen; Henning Heldbjerg; Sergi Herrando; Magne Husby; Frédéric Jiguet; Aleksi Lehikoinen; Åke Lindström; David G. Noble; Jean-Yves Paquet; Jiri Reif; Thomas Sattler; Tibor Szép; Norbert Teufelbauer; Sven Trautmann; Arco Van Strien; Chris A.M. van Turnhout; Petr Vorisek; Stephen G. Willis

doi:10.1126/science.aac4858

Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

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By: Philip A. Stephens, Lucy R. Mason, Rhys E. Green, Richard D. Gregory, John R. Sauer, Jamie Alison, Ainars Aunins, Lluís Brotons, Stuart H.M. Butchart, Tommaso Campedelli, Tomasz Chodkiewicz, Przemyslaw Chylarecki, Olivia Crowe, Jaanus Elts, Virginia Escandell, Ruud P.B. Foppen, Henning Heldbjerg, Sergi Herrando, Magne Husby, Frédéric Jiguet, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Åke Lindström, David G. Noble, Jean-Yves Paquet, Jiri Reif, Thomas Sattler, Tibor Szép, Norbert Teufelbauer, Sven Trautmann, Arco Van Strien, Chris A.M. van Turnhout, Petr Vorisek, and Stephen G. Willis

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac4858

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Abstract

Global climate change is a major threat to biodiversity. Large-scale analyses have generally focused on the impacts of climate change on the geographic ranges of species and on phenology, the timing of ecological phenomena. We used long-term monitoring of the abundance of breeding birds across Europe and the United States to produce, for both regions, composite population indices for two groups of species: those for which climate suitability has been either improving or declining since 1980. The ratio of these composite indices, the climate impact indicator (CII), reflects the divergent fates of species favored or disadvantaged by climate change. The trend in CII is positive and similar in the two regions. On both continents, interspecific and spatial variation in population abundance trends are well predicted by climate suitability trends.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents
Series title	Science
DOI	10.1126/science.aac4858
Volume	352
Issue	6281
Year Published	2016
Language	English
Publisher	AAAS
Publisher location	New York, NY
Contributing office(s)	Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Description	4 p.
First page	84
Last page	87
Other Geospatial	Europe, United States
Online Only (Y/N)	N
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