Effects of severe weather on reproduction for sympatric songbirds in an alpine environment: Interactions of climate extremes influence nesting success

K Martin, S Wilson, EC MacDonald… - The Auk …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We examined the impact of daily and severe multiday weather events on nest survival of
Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris) and Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) …

A genus at risk: Predicted current and future distribution of all three Lagopus species reveal sensitivity to climate change and efficacy of protected areas

D Scridel, M Brambilla, DR de Zwaan… - Diversity and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Cold‐adapted species are considered vulnerable to climate change. However, our
understanding of how climate‐induced changes in habitat and weather patterns will …

Regional changes in the elevational distribution of the Alpine Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta helvetica in Switzerland

CA Pernollet, F Korner‐Nievergelt, L Jenni - Ibis, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The Alpine Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta helvetica is considered to be particularly
vulnerable to climate change because it lives exclusively above the treeline in alpine …

Variable decline of Alpine Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta helvetica) in Switzerland between regions and sites

R Furrer, M Schaub, A Bossert, R Isler, H Jenny… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Alpine species adapted to mountain climate are particularly vulnerable to environmental
changes and have recently come under multiple environmental pressures, such as climate …

Nest-site selection and consequences for nest survival among three sympatric songbirds in an alpine environment

EC MacDonald, AF Camfield, M Martin, S Wilson… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
We examined timing of breeding, nest site selection and nest survival of Horned Larks
(Eremophila alpestris), Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) and American …

Declining willow ptarmigan populations: the role of habitat structure and community dynamics

JA Henden, RA Ims, NG Yoccoz… - Basic and Applied …, 2011 - Elsevier
The recent range contractions and population declines of many grouse species worldwide
have been attributed to loss and fragmentation of their habitats, although the empirical …

Multi-scale habitat selection affects offspring survival in a precocial species

PM Bloom, RG Clark, DW Howerter, LM Armstrong - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
In theory, habitat preferences should be adaptive. Accordingly, fitness is often assumed to
be greater in preferred habitats; however, this assumption is rarely tested and, when it is, the …

Influence of life history strategies on sensitivity, population growth and response to climate for sympatric alpine birds

S Wilson, K Martin - BMC ecology, 2012 - Springer
Background The life history strategy of a species can influence how populations of that
species respond to environmental variation. In this study, we used a matrix modeling …

Variable reproductive effort for two ptarmigan species in response to spring weather in a northern alpine ecosystem

S Wilson, K Martin - Journal of Avian Biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting how animal populations respond to climate change requires knowledge of how
species traits influence the response of individuals to variation in anuual weather. Over a …

Life-history and demographic variation in an alpine specialist at the latitudinal extremes of the range

S Wilson, K Martin - Population Ecology, 2011 - Springer
Alpine environments are unique systems to examine variation in life-history strategies
because temperature and seasonality are similar across broad latitudinal gradients. We …