Using citizen science to determine if songbird nesting parameters fluctuate in synchrony.

ABSTRACT: As global temperatures continue to rise, population or spatial synchrony (i.e., the degree of synchronization in the fluctuation of demographic parameters) can have important implications for inter- and intraspecific interactions among wildlife populations. Climatic fluctuations are common drivers of spatial synchrony, and depending on the degree of synchronization and the parameters impacted, synchrony can increase extinction probabilities. Although citizen science is an inexpensive method to collect long-term data over large spatial scales to study effects of climate changes on wildlife, few studies have used citizen science data to determine if this synchrony is occurring across populations and species. We used 21 years of citizen science nesting data collected on Eastern Bluebirds (Sia

SUBMITTER: Harrod SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668184 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature