Biological traits and biome features mediate responses of terrestrial bird demography to droughts.

ABSTRACT: Changing drought regimes are a rising threat to biodiversity, yet their impacts on wildlife vary greatly. Acknowledging the factors associated with these consequences brings novel insights into species vulnerability resulting from extreme climatic events and facilitates effective mitigation of climate change risks. Based on 319 observations from 29 peer-reviewed studies on birds-a well-monitored taxonomic group-we extract the responses of demographic metrics to droughts for 204 species across eight terrestrial biomes to examine the consequences of droughts. According to relevant studies, we chose the factors potentially moderating bird demography under droughts and compiled the data for these factors from published datasets. A meta-analysis is performed to determine the drought effect on b

SUBMITTER: Zhang LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11615269 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature