Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation

  • Liam D. Bailey,
  • Martijn van de Pol,
  • Frank Adriaensen,
  • Aneta Arct,
  • Emilio Barba,
  • Paul E. Bellamy,
  • Suzanne Bonamour,
  • Jean-Charles Bouvier,
  • Malcolm D. Burgess,
  • Anne Charmantier,
  • Camillo Cusimano,
  • Blandine Doligez,
  • Szymon M. Drobniak,
  • Anna Dubiec,
  • Marcel Eens,
  • Tapio Eeva,
  • Peter N. Ferns,
  • Anne E. Goodenough,
  • Ian R. Hartley,
  • Shelley A. Hinsley,
  • Elena Ivankina,
  • Rimvydas Juškaitis,
  • Bart Kempenaers,
  • Anvar B. Kerimov,
  • Claire Lavigne,
  • Agu Leivits,
  • Mark C. Mainwaring,
  • Erik Matthysen,
  • Jan-Åke Nilsson,
  • Markku Orell,
  • Seppo Rytkönen,
  • Juan Carlos Senar,
  • Ben C. Sheldon,
  • Alberto Sorace,
  • Martyn J. Stenning,
  • János Török,
  • Kees van Oers,
  • Emma Vatka,
  • Stefan J. G. Vriend,
  • Marcel E. Visser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29635-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Intra-specific variations may contribute to heterogeneous responses to climate change across a species’ range. Here, the authors investigate the phenology of two bird species across their breeding ranges, and find that their sensitivity to temperature is uncoupled from exposure to climate change.