Published in Current Biology · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers found that climate change leads to increased aggression between great tits and pied flycatchers, resulting in higher mortality rates for flycatchers. Great tits' earlier arrival due to warmer temperatures gives them an advantage over flycatchers, leading to more conflicts.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Climate change intensifies war of the birds University of Groningen · Jan 10, 2019 · first to report
- For these birds, climate change spells a rise in fatal conflicts Cell Press · Jan 10, 2019