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 …

Taking the beat of the Arctic: are lemming population cycles changing due to winter climate?

G Gauthier, D Ehrich, M Belke-Brea… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Reports of fading vole and lemming population cycles and persisting low populations in
some parts of the Arctic have raised concerns about the spread of these fundamental …

[PDF][PDF] Impacts of nest predators and weather on reproductive success and population limitation in a long‐distance migratory songbird

TW Sherry, S Wilson, S Hunter… - Journal of avian …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although avian nesting success is much studied, little is known about the relative importance
of the factors that contribute to annual reproductive success and population limitation …

Environmental and ecological conditions at Arctic breeding sites have limited effects on true survival rates of adult shorebirds

EL Weiser, RB Lanctot, SC Brown… - The Auk …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Many Arctic shorebird populations are declining, and quantifying adult survival and the
effects of anthropogenic factors is a crucial step toward a better understanding of population …

Loss of periodicity in breeding success of waders links to changes in lemming cycles in Arctic ecosystems

Y Aharon‐Rotman, M Soloviev, C Minton, P Tomkovich… - Oikos, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lemming population cycles in the Arctic have an important impact on the Arctic food web,
indirectly also affecting breeding success in Arctic‐nesting birds through shared predators …

Implementation of a framework for multi-species, multi-objective adaptive management in Delaware Bay

CP McGowan, DR Smith, JD Nichols, JE Lyons… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Decision analytic approaches have been widely recommended as well suited to solving
disputed and ecologically complex natural resource management problems with multiple …

Conservative and opportunistic settlement strategies in Arctic-breeding shorebirds

ST Saalfeld, RB Lanctot - The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Shorebirds seem to have evolved a number of strategies for adapting to and exploiting the
unpredictable and inhospitable Arctic environment. Two such strategies put forth by Holmes …

Nest attentiveness drives nest predation in arctic sandpipers

N Meyer, L Bollache, FX Dechaume‐Moncharmont… - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Most birds incubate their eggs to allow embryo development. This behaviour limits the ability
of adults to perform other activities. Hence, incubating adults trade off incubation and nest …

Developing objectives with multiple stakeholders: adaptive management of horseshoe crabs and red knots in the Delaware Bay

CP McGowan, JE Lyons, DR Smith - Environmental Management, 2015 - Springer
Structured decision making (SDM) is an increasingly utilized approach and set of tools for
addressing complex decisions in environmental management. SDM is a value-focused …

Drivers of a habitat shift by critically endangered Siberian cranes: Evidence from long‐term data

J Hou, Y Liu, JD Fraser, L Li, B Zhao, Z Lan… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many waterbird populations have become increasingly dependent on agricultural habitats
for feeding. While habitat destruction has been proposed as a key reason forcing waterbirds …