The effects of weather on avian growth and implications for adaptation to climate change

D Sauve, VL Friesen, A Charmantier - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Climate change is forecasted to generate a range of evolutionary changes and plastic
responses. One important aspect of avian responses to climate change is how weather …

Birds advancing lay dates with warming springs face greater risk of chick mortality

JR Shipley, CW Twining, CC Taff, MN Vitousek… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
In response to a warming planet with earlier springs, migratory animals are adjusting the
timing of essential life stages. Although these adjustments may be essential for kee** …

Born without a silver spoon: A review of the causes and consequences of adversity during early life

MC Mainwaring, BW Tobalske… - … and Comparative Biology, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
A huge amount of research attention has focused on the evolution of life histories, but most
research focuses on dominant individuals that acquire a disproportionate level of …

Adult body mass is heritable, positively genetically correlated and under selection of differing shapes between the sexes in a bird with little apparent sexual …

MN Dumas, S St. Lawrence, G Masoero… - Journal of Animal …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
In most animals, body mass varies with ecological conditions and is expected to reflect how
much energy can be allocated to reproduction and survival. Because the sexes often differ in …

Ambient ozone–new threat to birds in mountain ecosystems?

J Reif, A Gamero, J Flousek, I Hůnová - Science of the Total Environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Mountain ecosystems are inhabited by species with specific characteristics enabling survival
at high altitudes, which make them at risk from various pressures. In order to study these …

Rapidly declining body size in an insectivorous bat is associated with increased precipitation and decreased survival

CM Davy, V von Zuben, PM Kukka… - Ecological …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Reduced food availability is implicated in declines in avian aerial insectivores, but the effect
of nutritional stress on mammalian aerial insectivores is unclear. Unlike birds, insectivorous …

Population decline in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) linked to climate change and inclement weather on the breeding ground

AR Cox, RJ Robertson, WB Rendell, F Bonier - Oecologia, 2020‏ - Springer
Population decline and the threat of extinction are realities currently facing many species.
Yet, in most cases, the detailed demographic data necessary to identify causes of population …

Interacting effects of cold snaps, rain, and agriculture on the fledging success of a declining aerial insectivore

DR Garrett, F Pelletier, D Garant… - Ecological …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate change predicts the increased frequency, duration, and intensity of inclement
weather periods such as unseasonably low temperatures (ie, cold snaps) and prolonged …

Demography of Common Swifts (Apus apus) breeding in the UK associated with local weather but not aphid biomass

T Finch, JR Bell, RA Robinson, WJ Peach - Ibis, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
In common with many other insectivorous birds, the Common Swift Apus apus is undergoing
population declines, with an estimated 57% reduction in abundance between 1995 and …

The effects of humidity on thermoregulatory physiology of a small songbird

CK Porter, KM Cortes, O Levy… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024‏ - journals.biologists.com
Scholander–Irving curves describe the relationship between ambient temperature and
metabolic rate and are fundamental to understanding the energetic demands of …