West Nile virus eco-epidemiology and climate change

J Heidecke, A Lavarello Schettini, J Rocklöv - PLOS Climate, 2023 - journals.plos.org
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arbovirus with a wide geographical distribution. It is maintained
in an enzootic bird-mosquito cycle and exhibits regular zoonotic transmission to humans, to …

The episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 virus

R Xie, KM Edwards, M Wille, X Wei, SS Wong, M Zanin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 activity has intensified globally since 2021,
increasingly causing mass mortality in wild birds and poultry and incidental infections in …

Temporal shifts in avian phenology across the circannual cycle in a rapidly changing climate: A global meta‐analysis

A Romano, LZ Garamszegi, D Rubolini… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The alteration of the timing of biological events is one of the best documented effects of
climate change, with overwhelming evidence across taxa. Many studies have investigated …

The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis

L Halupka, D Arlt, J Tolvanen, A Millon… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change affects timing of reproduction in many bird species, but few studies have
investigated its influence on annual reproductive output. Here, we assess changes in the …

Winter mortality of a passerine bird increases following hotter summers and during winters with higher maximum temperatures

L Lv, M van de Pol, HL Osmond, Y Liu, A Cockburn… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Climate change may influence animal population dynamics through reproduction and
mortality. However, attributing changes in mortality to specific climate variables is …

Increasing winter temperatures explain body size decrease in wintering bird populations of Northern Europe—But response patterns vary along the spatioclimatic …

L Bosco, A Otterbeck, T Fransson… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Recent evidence has shown changes in body size and shape of individuals, which are
suggested to be a result of global warming caused by climate change. Here, we explored …

Modelling thermal sensitivity in the full phenological distribution: A new approach applied to the spring arboreal caterpillar peak

KH Macphie, JM Samplonius, JL Pick… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in spring phenology are among the clearest biological responses to climate
warming. There has been much interest in how climate impacts on phenology because the …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the unknown: Adaptive spatial planning to enhance climate resilience for the endangered Swamp Grass-babbler (Laticilla cinerascens) with …

I Abedin, T Mukherjee, HE Kang, TH Yoon, HW Kim… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The endangered and poorly known Swamp Grass-babbler, Laticilla cinerascens
(Passeriformes: Pellorneidae), confronts critical threats and vulnerability due to its specific …

Paleoclimatic reconstruction based on the late Pleistocene San Josecito cave stratum 720 fauna using fossil mammals, reptiles, and birds

JA Cruz, JA Velasco, J Arroyo-Cabrales, E Johnson - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Advances in technology have equipped paleobiologists with new analytical tools to assess
the fossil record. The functional traits of vertebrates have been used to infer …

Complex relationships between climate and reproduction in a resident montane bird

LE Whitenack, JF Welklin… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Animals use climate-related environmental cues to fine-tune breeding timing and investment
to match peak food availability. In birds, spring temperature is a commonly documented cue …