Shorebirds ingest plastics too: what we know, what we do not know, and what we should do next

SA Flemming, RB Lanctot, C Price… - Environmental …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Concerns about the impact of plastics pollution on the environment have been growing
since the 1970s. Marine debris has reportedly entangled and (or) been ingested by 914 …

Predicting resilience of migratory birds to environmental change

S Lisovski, BJ Hoye, JR Conklin, PF Battley… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The pace and scale of environmental change represent major challenges to many
organisms. Animals that move long distances, such as migratory birds, are especially …

A circumpolar study unveils a positive non‐linear effect of temperature on arctic arthropod availability that may reduce the risk of warming‐induced trophic mismatch …

A Chagnon‐Lafortune, É Duchesne… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonally abundant arthropods are a crucial food source for many migratory birds that
breed in the Arctic. In cold environments, the growth and emergence of arthropods are …

Different currencies for calculating resource phenology result in opposite inferences about trophic mismatches

TSL Versluijs, MK Zhemchuzhnikov… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Shifts in phenology are among the key responses of organisms to climate change. When
rates of phenological change differ between interacting species they may result in …

Long‐term patterns in ecosystem phenology near Palmer Station, Antarctica, from the perspective of the Adélie penguin

MA Cimino, JA Conroy, E Connors, J Bowman… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is leading to phenological shifts across a wide range of species globally.
Polar oceans are hotspots of rapid climate change where sea ice dynamics structure …

Importance of habitat heterogeneity in tidal flats to the conservation of migratory shorebirds

S Cai, T Mu, HB Peng, Z Ma… - Conservation Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding species distribution patterns and what determines them is critical for effective
conservation planning and management. In the case of shorebirds migrating along the East …

Shorebirds Are Shrinking and Shape‐Shifting: Declining Body Size and Lengthening Bills in the Past Half‐Century

A McQueen, M Klaassen, GJ Tattersall… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Animals are predicted to shrink and shape‐shift as the climate warms, declining in size,
while their appendages lengthen. Determining which types of species are undergoing these …

Local reflects global: Life stage‐dependent changes in the phenology of coastal habitat use by North Sea herring

M Rademaker, MA Peck… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is affecting the suitability and utilization of coastal habitats by marine fishes
around the world. Phenological changes are an important indicator of population responses …

Does early spring arrival lead to early nesting in a migratory shorebird? Insights from remote tracking

J Nightingale, JA Gill, TG Gunnarsson, AD Rocha… - Ibis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advancing breeding phenology is a commonly observed response to climate warming
among bird species, potentially in response to shifts in the phenology of key resources …

Food web interactions of two breeding Arctic shorebird species, little stint Calidris minuta and red knot Calidris canutus, are shaped by their elevational distribution

MK Zhemchuzhnikov, TK Lameris, MY Soloviev… - Polar Biology, 2024 - Springer
Birds often have to choose their nest site location along a food safety axis, balancing nest
predation danger with the food requirements of themselves and their offspring. This is …