Hardship at birth alters the impact of climate change on a long-lived predator

Autor: Fabrizio Sergio, Giacomo Tavecchia, Julio Blas, Alessandro Tanferna, Fernando Hiraldo, Erkki Korpimaki, Steven R. Beissinger
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33011-7
Popis: The long-term effects of extreme climate events in early life are largely overlooked in forecasts of climate change impacts. Here, the authors show that raptorial red kites born during drought are disadvantaged throughout life, and including this climate legacy leads to substantial decreases in forecasted population size and time to extinction.
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