Temporal shifts and temperature sensitivity of avian spring migratory phenology: a phylogenetic meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: There are wide reports of advances in the timing of spring migration of birds over time and in relation to rising temperatures, though phenological responses vary substantially within and among species. An understanding of the ecological, life-history and geographic variables that predict this intra- and interspecific variation can guide our projections of how populations and species are likely to respond to future climate change. Here, we conduct phylogenetic meta-analyses addressing slope estimates of the timing of avian spring migration regressed on (i) year and (ii) temperature, representing a total of 413 species across five continents. We take into account slope estimation error and examine phylogenetic, ecological and geographic predictors of intra- and interspecific variation. We c

SUBMITTER: Usui T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849580 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature