The decline of A fro‐P alaearctic migrants and an assessment of potential causes

JA Vickery, SR Ewing, KW Smith, DJ Pain, F Bairlein… - Ibis, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There is compelling evidence that A fro‐P alaearctic (A‐P) migrant bird populations have
declined in E urope in recent decades, often to a greater degree than resident or short …

Birds and climate change: impacts and conservation responses

JW Pearce-Higgins, RE Green - 2014 - books.google.com
From the red grouse to the Ethiopian bush-crow, bird populations around the world can
provide us with vital insights into the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems …

Rainfall during parental care reduces reproductive and survival components of fitness in a passerine bird

M Öberg, D Arlt, T Pärt, AT Laugen… - Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Adverse weather conditions during parental care may have direct consequences for
offspring production, but longer‐term effects on juvenile and parental survival are less well …

[КНИГА][B] Bird migration

I Newton - 2010 - nora.nerc.ac.uk
The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The
arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and …

Hypotheses to explain patterns of population change among breeding bird species in England

CB Thaxter, AC Joys, RD Gregory, SR Baillie… - Biological …, 2010 - Elsevier
Population declines are now evident across many taxa, but within each assemblage there is
often considerable variation in constituent population trends. We used bird population trends …

The fortunes of migratory birds from Eurasia: being on a tightrope in the Sahel

L Zwarts, RG Bijlsma, J van der Kamp - Ardea, 2023 - BioOne
Many studies have shown that rainfall in the Sahel has a great influence on population
trends of European bird species that spend the northern winter there. African bird species …

Breeding phenology and performance for four swallows over 57 years: Relationships with temperature and precipitation

TL Imlay, J Mills Flemming, S Saldanha… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change can drive population declines for many species, often through changes to
their food supply. These changes can involve a mis‐timing between periods of high food …

High winter site fidelity in a long-distance migrant: implications for wintering ecology and survival estimates

E Blackburn, W Cresswell - Journal of Ornithology, 2016 - Springer
The decision for a migratory animal to be site faithful in its non-breeding season has
profound implications for migratory connectivity, resilience to winter habitat loss and …

Aerial insect biomass, but not phenological mismatch, is associated with chick survival of an insectivorous bird

B Martay, DI Leech, CR Shortall, JR Bell, SJ Thackeray… - Ibis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent insect abundance declines may have affected populations of insectivorous bird
species but evidence for this is limited. Here, we use spatially overlap** 29‐year time …

The EURING Data Bank–a critical tool for continental-scale studies of marked birds

CR Du Feu, JA Clark, M Schaub, W Fiedler… - Ringing & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The European Union for Bird Ringing (EURING) coordinates bird ringing at a
continental scale and operates the EURING Data Bank (EDB) to facilitate large-scale …