The effect of climate change on the duration of avian breeding seasons: a meta-analysis
| Autor: | Lucyna Halupka, Konrad Halupka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
media_common.quotation_subject Climate Change Population Climate change 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 010605 ornithology Nesting Behavior Birds Animals education General Environmental Science media_common education.field_of_study Global Change and Conservation General Immunology and Microbiology Ecology Reproduction Global warming Northern Hemisphere General Medicine Food resources Geography Duration (music) behavior and behavior mechanisms Animal Migration Seasons General Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings. Biological sciences. 284(1867) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2954 |
| Popis: | Many bird species are advancing the timing of their egg-laying in response to a warming climate. Little is known, however, of whether this advancement affects the respective length of the breeding seasons. A meta-analysis of 65 long-term studies of 54 species from the Northern Hemisphere has revealed that within the last 45 years an average population has lengthened the season by 1.4 days per decade, which was independent from changes in mean laying dates. Multi-brooded birds have prolonged their seasons by 4 days per decade, while single-brooded have shortened by 2 days. Changes in season lengths covaried with local climate changes: warming was correlated with prolonged seasons in multi-brooded species, but not in single-brooders. This might be a result of higher ecological flexibility of multi-brooded birds, whereas single brooders may have problems with synchronizing their reproduction with the peak of food resources. Sedentary species and short-distance migrants prolonged their breeding seasons more than long-distance migrants, which probably cannot track conditions at their breeding grounds. We conclude that as long as climate warming continues without major changes in ecological conditions, multi-brooded or sedentary species will probably increase their reproductive output, while the opposite effect may occur in single-brooded or migratory birds. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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