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Climate change affects all living organisms; it has done so in the past and will do so in the future. However, current climate change is exceptional both in terms of the rate of change and the impact of multiple types of global change on individuals, populations, species, and ecosystems. Effects of Climate Change on Birdsprovides an exhaustive and up-to-date synthesis of the science of climate change as it relates to birds. Compared with any other class of animals, birds provide more long-term data and extensive time series (some dating back more than 100 years), a more geographically and taxonomically diverse source of information, and a longer tradition of extensive research. In fact this research record exceeds what is available in all other organisms combined.

Anders Pape Møller is a senior scientist with extensive research experience in different fields ranging from ecology to evolution, genetics and physiology. He has published extensively in the scientific literature including several books.

Wolfgang Fiedler is head of Bird Ringing at Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Germany, and he has extensive experience on research on birds and migration.

Peter Berthold is professor emeritus and former senior scientist at Max-Planck Institute of Ornithology. He has extensive research experience on studies of genetics and migration, and he has published extensively on birds in the scientific literature including several books.

List of contributors	p. ix
Introduction
Introduction	p. 3
Climate
Climate change	p. 9
Methods for studying climate change effects
Long-term time series of ornithological data	p. 33
Capture-mark-recapture models	p. 39
Using animal models to infer and predict the evolutionary consequences of climate change	p. 47
Time-series analyses	p. 57
Population analyses	p. 67
Habitat suitability modelling	p. 77
Biological consequences of climate change
Changes in migration	p. 89
Effects of climate change on timing of breeding and reproductive success in birds	p. 113
Food availability, mistiming, and climatic change	p. 129
Genetic perspectives on the evolutionary consequences of climate change in birds	p. 149
Sexual selection and climate change	p. 169
Population consequences of climate change	p. 191
Host-parasite interactions and climate change	p. 213
Predator-prey interactions and climate change	p. 227
Range margins, climate change, and ecology	p. 249
Bird communities and climate change	p. 275
Conservation consequences of climate change for birds	p. 295
Conclusions	p. 311
Index	p. 315
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Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

0199569754

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