CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences assessed changes in the reproductive output of 104 bird species around the world between 1970 and 2019. The study reveals that a warming climate appears to have more worrisome effects on larger birds and migratory birds than on smaller, sedentary species.
Study co-author Jeffrey Hoover, an avian ecologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey describes the findings in an interview with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign life sciences editor Diana Yates.
Some highlights:
To read the full interview, see “ How does climage change affect global bird reproduction ?”
The INHS is a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the U. of I.
Editor’s note :
To reach Jeffrey Hoover, email j-hoover@illinois.edu
The paper “The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis” is available online and from the U. of I. News Bureau .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2208389120
Michael Jeffords and Susan Post are wildlife photographers and research affiliates of the Illinois Natural History Survey at the Prairie Research Institute of the U. of I. Their photographs are available here .
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Meta-analysis
Animals
The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis
1-May-2023
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