Feather moult and bird appearance are correlated with global warming over the last 200 years

Y. Kiat; Y. Vortman; N. Sapir

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10452-1

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Feather moult and bird appearance are correlated with global warming over the last 200 years

Y. Kiat,
Y. Vortman,
N. Sapir

Affiliations

Y. Kiat: Animal Flight Laboratory, Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology and the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa
Y. Vortman: Hula Research Centre, Department of Animal Sciences, Tel-Hai College
N. Sapir: Animal Flight Laboratory, Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology and the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10452-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Most passerine bird species replace part of their plumage within the first year of life. Here, using data from 4,012 individuals of 19 species, Kiat et al. find that the extent of post-juvenile moult has increased over the past 212 years and this correlated with the global temperature increase in this period.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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