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Bibliography – Global Climate Change and Birds

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Recent Publications

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 2009. Voluntary guidance for states to incorporate climate change into State Wildlife Action Plans and other management plans. Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Washington, D.C.

Calvert, A.M., P.D. Taylor, and S. Walde. 2009. Cross-scale environmental influences on migratory stopover behaviour. Global Change Biology 15: 744-759. (Nova Scotia; focused on warblers and sparrows)

Cresswell, W., J.A. Clark, and R. Macleod. 2009. How climate change might influence the starvation-predation risk trade-off response. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 3553-3560. (UK – Great Tit (Parus major) and Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).

Doswald, N., S.G. Willis, Y.C. Collingham, D.J. Pain, R.E. Green, and B. Huntley. 2009. Potential impacts of climatic change on the breeding and non-breeding ranges and migration distance of European Sylvia warblers. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1194-1208. (17 Sylvia species that breed in Europe, Mediterranean region and/or north Africa)

Fontaine, J.J., K.L. Decker, S.K. Skagen and C. van Riper III. 2009. Spatial and temporal variation in climate change: a bird’s eye view. Climatic Change 97(1): 305-311 (Published Online: 21 October 2009 - DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9644-9)

Gilg, O., B. Sittler, and I. Hanski. 2009. Climate change and cyclic predator-prey population dynamics in the high Arctic. Global Change Biology 15: 2634-2652. (collared lemming and predators including Snowy Owl and Long-tailed Skua)

Jenouvrier, S., J-C. Thibault, A. Viallefont, P. Vidal, D. Ristow, J-L Mougin, P. Brichetti, J.J. Borg, and V. Bretagnolle. 2009. Global climate patterns explain range-wide synchronicity in survival of a migratory seabird. Global Change Biology 15: 268-279. (Cory’s Shearwater)

La Sorte, F.A., T.M. Lee, H. Wilman, and W. Jetz. 2009. Disparities between observed and predicted impacts of climate change on winter bird assemblages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 3167-3174. (227 North American species)

Li, J., D.W. Hilbert, T. Parker, and S. Williams. 2009. How do species respond to climate change along an elevation gradient? A case study of the Grey-headed Robin (Heteromyias albispecularis). Global Change Biology 15: 255-267. (Australia)

McKechnie, A.E. and B.O. Wolf. 2009. Climate change increases the likelihood of catastrophic avian mortality events during extreme heat waves. Biology Letters [published online before print]

Newson, S.E., S. Mendes, H.Q.P. Crick, N.K. Dulvy, J.D.R. Houghton, G.C. Hays, A.M. Hutson, C.D. MacLeod, G.J. Pierce, and R.A. Robinson. 2009. Indicators of the impact of climate change on migratory species. Endangered Species Research 7: 101-113. (includes birds)

North American Bird Conservation Initiative, U.S. Committee, 2010. The State of the Birds 2010 Report on Climate Change, United States of America. U.S. Department of the Interior: Washington, DC.

Robinson, R.A., H.Q.P. Crick, J.A. Learmonth, I. M.D. Maclean, C.D. Thomas, F. Bairlein, M.C. Forchhammer, C.M. Francis, J.A. Gill, B.J. Godley, J.Harwood, G.C. Hays, B. Huntley, A.M. Hutson, G.J. Pierce, M.M. Rehfisch, D.W. Sims, M.B. Santos, T.H. Sparks, D.A. Stroud, and M.E. Visser. 2009. Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species. Endangered Species Research 7: 87-99. (includes birds)

Turner, W.R., M. Oppenheimer, and D.S. Wilcove. 2009. A force to fight global warming. Nature 462: 278-279.

Van Buskirk, J., R.S. Mulvihill, and R.C. Leberman. 2009. Variable shifts in spring and autumn migration phenology in North American songbirds associated with climate change. Global Change Biology 15: 760-771. (Powdermill Nature Reserve, Pennsylvania; 78 songbird species; 1961-2006.

Visser, M.E., A.C. Perceck, J.H. Van Balen, and C. Both. 2009. Climate change leads to decreasing bird migration distances. Global Change Biology 15: 1859-1865. (24 species in NW Europe)

Wolf, S.G., W.J. Sydeman, J.M. Hipfner, C.L. Abraham, B.R. Tershy, and D.A. Croll. 2009. Range-wide reproductive consequences of ocean climate variability for the seabird Cassin’s Auklet. Ecology 90: 742-753.

Wolfe, J.D. and C.J. Ralph. 2009. Correlations between El Niño-Southern Oscillation and changes in Nearctic-Neotropic migrant condition in Central America. Auk 126: 809-814.

Zuckerberg, B., A.M. Woods, and W.F. Porter. 2009. Poleward shifts in breeding bird distribution in New York State. Global Change Biology 15: 1866-1883. (129 bird species; used NY Breeding Bird Atlas)

Full List of Publications

Ådahl, E., P. Lundberg, and N. Jonzén. 2006. From climate change to population change: the need to consider annual life cycles. Global Change Biology 12: 1627-1633.

Ahola, M., T. Laaksonen, K. Sippola, K. Raino, and E. Lehikoinen. 2004. Variation in climate warming along the migration route uncouples arrival and breeding dates. Global Change Biology 10: 1610-1617.

Anciães, M. and A.T. Peterson. 2006. Climate change effects on Neotropical manakin diversity based on ecological niche modeling. Condor 108: 778-791.

Anders, A.D. and E. Post. 2006. Distribution-wide effects of climate on population densities of a declining migratory landbird. Journal of Animal Ecology 75(1): 221- 227 . (Yellow-billed Cuckoo in U.S. and Canada)

Anthes, N. 2004. Long-distance migration timing of Tringa sandpipers adjusted to recent climate change. Bird Study 51: 203-211.

Araújo, M.B. and R.G. Pearson. 2005. Equilibrium of species’ distributions with climate. Ecography 28: 693-695.

Ball, T., 1983. The migration of geese as an indicator of climate change in the southern Hudson Bay region between 1715 and 1851. Climatic Change 5(1): 85-93.

Beaumont, L.J., I.A.W. McAllan, and I. Hughes. 2006. A matter of timing: changes in the first date of arrival and last date of departure of Australian migratory birds. Global Change Biology 12: 1339-1354.

Benning, T.L., D. LaPointe, C.T. Atkinson, and P.M. Vitousek. 2002. Interactions of climate change with biological invasions and land use in the Hawaiian Islands: modeling the fate of endemic birds using geographic information system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99(22): 14246-14249.

Best, A.S., K. Johnst, T. Munkemuller, and J.M.J. Travis. 2007. Which species will successfully track climate change? The influence of intraspecific competition and density dependent dispersal on range shifting dynamics. Oikos 116: 1531-1539.

Bethke, R.W. and T.D. Nudds. 1995. Effects of climate change and land use on duck abundance in Canadian prairie parklands. Ecological Applications 5(3):.588-600.

Böhning-Gaese, K. and N. Lemoine. 2004. Importance of climate change for the ranges, communities and conservation of birds. Advances in Ecological Research 35: 211-236.

Bolger, D.T., M.A. Patten, and D.C. Bostock. 2005. Avian reproduction failure in response to an extreme climatic event. Oecologia 142(3): 398-406. (s California; 4 passerines – SPTO, RCSP, California Towhee, Wrentit)

Bonfield, S. 2007. Climate change and birds. Birder's World 21(3):24-28.

Both, C. and M.E. Visser. 2005. The effect of climate change on the correlation between avian life-history traits. Global Change Biology 11(10): 1606-1613. (Pied Flycatcher)

Both, C., A.V. Artemyev, B. Blaauw et al. 2004. Large-scale geographical variation confirms that climate change causes birds to lay earlier. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences, 271: 1657-1662.

Both, C., S. Bouwhuis, C.M. Lessells, and M.E. Visser.2006. Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird. Nature 441: 81-83. (Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) – trans Sahara migrant)

Both, C. and L. te Marvelde. 2007. Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration throughout Europe. Climate Research 35: 93-105. (Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) and European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris))

Both, C. and M.E. Visser. 2001. Adjustment to climate change is constrained by arrival date in a long distance migrant bird. Nature 411: 296-298. (Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) – trans Sahara migrant)

Bradley, N.L., A.C. Leopold, J. Ross, and W. Huffaker. 1999. Phenological changes reflect climate change in Wisconsin . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96: 9701-9704.

Brommer, J.E. 2004. The range margins of northern birds shift poleward. Annales Zoologici Fennici 41: 391-397.

Brown, J.L., S-H Li, and N. Bhagabati. 1999. Long-term trend toward earlier breeding in an American bird: a response to global warming? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 96: 5565-5569. (Mexican Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina)

Burton, J.F. 1995. Birds and climate change. Christopher Helm: London.

Butler , C.J. 2003. The disproportionate effect of global warming on the arrival dates of short-distance migratory birds in North America . Ibis 145: 484-495.

Butler , J.R., D.P. MacMynowski, C. Laurent, and T.L. Root. 2007. Temperature-associated dynamics of passerine winter distributions. AMBIO 36: 657-660. (6 species in upper Great Plains using CBC)

Butler, R.W. and R.G. Vennesland. 2000. Integrating climate change and predation risk with wading bird conservation research in North America. Waterbirds 23(3): 535-540.

Chambers, L.E. 2005. Migration dates at Eyre Bird Observatory: links with climate change? Climate Research 29(2): 157-165. (Australia, 8 landbird species)

Chambers, L.E., L. Hughes, and M.E. Weston. 2005. Climate change and its impact on Australia’s avifauna. Emu 105: 1-20.

CCSP. 2008. The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. P. Backlund, A. Janetos, D. Schimel, J. Hatfield, K. Boote, P. Fay, L. Hahn, C. Izaurralde, B.A. Kimball, T. Mader, J. Morgan, D. Ort, W. Polley, A. Thomson, D. Wolfe, M. Ryan, S. Archer, R. Birdsey, C. Dahm, L. Heath, J. Hicke, D. Hollinger, T. Huxman, G. Okin, R. Oren, J. Randerson, W. Schlesinger, D. Lettenmaier, D. Major, L. Poff, S. Running, L. Hansen, D. Inouye, B.P. Kelly, L Meyerson, B. Peterson, R. Shaw. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC., USA, 362 pp

Coppack, T. and C. Both. 2002. Predicting life-cycle adaptation of migratory birds to global climate change. Ardea 90: 369-378. (Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca))

Coppack, T., and F. Pulido. 2004. Photoperiodic response and the adaptability of avian life-cycles to climate change. Advances in Ecological Research 35: 131-150.

Coppack, T., F. Pulida, and P. Bertold. 2001. Photoperiodic responses to early hatching in a migratory bird species. Oecologia 128(2): 181-186. (Blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla)

Coppack, T., F. Pulido, M. Szisch, D.P. Auer, and P. Berthold. 2003. Photoperiodic response may facilitate adaptation to climatic change in migratory birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270 (Supplement): 43-46. (Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin), Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), and Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca))

Coppack, T., I. Tindemans, M. Czisch, A. Van der Linden, P. Berthold and F. Pulido. 2008. Can long-distance migratory birds adjust to the advancement of spring by shortening migration distance? The response of the Pied Flycatcher to latitudinal photoperiodic variation. Global Change Biology 14(11): 2516-2522.

Cotton, P.A. 2003. Avian migration phenology and global climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100: 12219-12222. (migrant species in Oxfordshire , U.K. )

Crick, H.Q.P. 2004. The impact of climate change on birds. Ibis 146(s1): 48-56.

Crick, H.Q.P., and T.H. Sparks. 1999. Climate change related to egg-laying trends. Nature 399: 423-424. (20 species of birds in U.K. )

Crick, H.Q.P., C. Dudley, D.E. Glue, and D.L. Thomson. 1997. UK birds are laying eggs earlier. Nature 388: 526-526.

Crick, H.Q.P. 2004. The impact of climate change on birds. Ibis 146 (Supplement 1): 48-56.

Davis , A.J., L.S. Jenkinson, J.H. Lawton, B. Shorrocks and S. Wood. 1998. Making mistakes when predicting shifts in species range in response to global warming. Nature 391: 783-786.

Davis, A. J., D.H. Lawton, B. Shorrocks, and L.S. Jenkinson. 1998. Individualistic species responses invalidate simple physiological models of community dynamics under global environmental change. Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 600-612.

Davis , M.B., R.G. Shaw, and J.R. Etterson. 2005. Evolutionary responses to climate change. Ecology 86: 1704-1714.

Dawson, A. 2005. The effect of temperature on photoperiodically regulated gonadal maturation, regression and moult in starlings – potential consequences for climate change. Functional Ecology 19: 995-1000. (European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris))

Deliso, E. 2007. Climate change and the hummingbirds of the Monte Verde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica. Centro Cientifico Tropical. 1st edition. San José, Costa Rica. 42 pp.

Devictor, V., R. Julliard, D. Couvet and F. Jiguet. 2008. Birds are tracking climate warming, but not fast enough. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275: 2743-2748. (French breeding bird survey data)

Dickey, M-H., G. Gauthier, and M-C. Cadieux. 2008. Climatic effects on the breeding phenology and reproductive success of an arctic-nesting goose species. Global Change Biology 14: 1973-1985. (Greater Snow-Goose in Canadian Arctic)

Dunn, P.O. and D.W. Winkler. 1999. Climate change has affected the breeding date of tree swallows throughout North America . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Series B: Biological Sciences 266: 2487-2490.

Emslie, S.D., W.R. Fraser, R.C. Smith, and W. Walker. 1998. Abandoned penguin colonies and environmental change in the Palmer Station area, Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 10(3): 257-268.

Fiedler, W. 2003. Recent changes in migratory behaviour of birds: a compilation of field observations and ringing data. Pages 21-38 in Berthold, P., E. Gwinner, and E. Sonnenschein (editors). Avian migration. Springer: Heidelberg, Germany.

Fiedler, W., F. Bairlein, and U. Köppen. 2004. Using large-scale data from ringed birds for the investigation of effects of climate change on migrating birds: pitfalls and prospects. Advances in Ecological Research 35: 49-67.

The Fire-Climate Connection. 2008. Fire Science Digest. Issue 1.1

Forcada, J., P.N. Trathan, and E.J. Murphy. 2008. Life history buffering in Antarctic mammals and birds against changing climate and environmental variation. Global Change Biology 14(11): 2473-2488. (Emperor Penguin, Snow Petrel, Southern Fulmar)

Forchhammer, M., E. Post, and N. Stenseth. 2002. North Atlantic Oscillation timing of long- and short-distance migration. Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 1002-1014.

Frederiksen, J., M.P. Harris, F. Daunt, P. Rothery, and W. Wanless. 2004. Scale-dependent climate signals drive breeding phenology of three seabird species. Global Change Biology 10: 1214-1221. (Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Guillemot, and European Shag)

Galbraith, H., R. Jones, R. Park, J. Clough, S. Herrod-Julius, B. Harrington, and G. Page. 2002. Global climate change and sea level rise: potential losses of intertidal habitat for shorebirds. Waterbirds 25: 173-183.

Gaston, A.J., H.G. Gilchrist, and J.M. Hipfer. 2005. Climate change, ice conditions and reproduction in an Arctic nesting marine bird: Burnnich’s guillemot. Journal of Animal Ecology 74(5): 832-841.

Gaston, A.J., J.M. Hipfer, and D. Campbell. 2002. Heat and mosquitos cause breeding failures and adult mortality in an Arctic-nesting seabird. Ibis 144(2): 185-191. (Brunnich’s guillemot)

Gienapp, P., R. Leimu, and J. Merilä. 2007. Responses to climate change in avian migration time – microevolution versus phenotypic plasticity. Climate Research 35: 25-35. (meta-analysis of global studies 1995 – 2006).

Gjerdrum, C., A.M.J. Vallée, C.C. St. Clair, D.F. Bertram, J.L. Ryder, and G.S. Blackburn. 2003. Tufted puffin reproduction reveals ocean climate variability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100(16): 9377-9382.

Gordo, O. 2007. Why are bird migration dates shifting? A review of weather and climate effects on avian migratory phenology. Climate Research 35: 37-58.

Gordo, O., L. Brotons, X. Ferrer, and P. Comas. 2005. Do changes in climate patterns in wintering areas affect the timing of the spring arrival of trans-Saharan migrant birds? Global Change Biology 11: 12-21. (six trans-Saharan migrants – Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), Swift (Apus apus), Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Barn Swallow (Hirunda rustica), House martin (Delichon urbica), and Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) 1952-2003)

Government Accountability Office (GAO). 2007. Climate change: agencies should develop guidance for addressing the effects on federal lands and water resources. GAO-07-863.

Green, R.E., Y.C. Collingham, S.G. Willis, R.D. Gregory, K.W. Smith, and B. Huntley. 2008. Performance of climate envelope models in retrodicting recent changes in bird population size from observed climatic change. Biology Letters (The Royal Society) 4: 599-602. (25 yr population trends of 42 species rare as breeders in the UK)

Halupka, L., A Dyrcz, and M. Borowiec. 2008. Climate change affects breeding of Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus). Journal of Avian Biology 39: 95-100. (Poland)

Hedenström, A., Z. Barta, B. Helm, A.I. Houston, J.M. McNamara, and N. Jonzén. 2007. Migration speed and scheduling of annual events by migrating birds in relation to climate change. Climate Research 35: 79-91. (modeling to look at climate effects on migration)

Hickling, R., D.B. Roy, J.K. Hill, R. Fox, and C.D. Thomas. 2006. The distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards. Global Change Biology 12: 450-455. (Great Britain – looked at wide range of taxa including birds, mammals, fish, and many insect taxa; about 1968 – 1991 for birds)

Hitch, A. T. and P. L. Leberg. 2007. Breeding distributions of North American bird species moving north as a result of climate change. Conservation Biology 21: 534-539.

Hughes, L. 2000. Biological consequences of global warming: is the signal already apparent? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15: 56-61.

Hϋppop, O. and K. Hϋppop. 2003. North Atlantic Oscillation and the timing of spring migration in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270: 233-240. (Helgoland, se North Sea )

Hϋppop, O., and W. Winkel. 2006. Climate change and timing of spring migration in the long-distance migrant Ficedula hypoleuca in central Europe : the role of spatially different temperature changes along migration routes. Journal of Ornithology 2: 344-353.

Huntley, B., Y.C. Collingham, R.E. Green, G.M. Hilton, C. Rahbek, and S.G. Willis. 2006. Potential impacts of climate change upon geographical distribution of birds. Ibis 148(s1): 8-28.

Huntley, B., Y.C. Collingham, R.E. Green, G.M. Hilton, C. Rahbek, and S.G. Willis. 2006. Potential impacts of climatic change upon geographical distributions of birds. Ibis 148 (Supplement 1): 8-28.

Huntley, B., R.E. Green, Y.C. Collingham, and S.G. Willis. 2007. A climatic atlas of European breeding birds. Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona, Spain.

Ibañez, I., J.S. Clark, M.C. Dietze, K. Feeley, M. Hersh, S. LaDeau, A. McBride, N.E. Welch, and M.S. Wolosin. 2006. Predicting biodiversity change: outside the climate envelope, beyond the species-area curve. Ecology 87: 1896-1906.

Inouye, D.W., B. Barr, K.B. Armitage, and B.D. Inouye. 2000. Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97: 1630-1633. (American robin Turdus migratorius and yellow-bellied marmot in Colorado Rocky Mts.)

Irons, D.B., T. Anker-Nilssen, A.J. Gaston, G.V. Byrd, K. Falk, G. Gilchrist, M. Hario, M. Hjernquist, Y.V. Karsnov, A. Mosbech, B. Olsen, A. Petersen, J.B. Reid, G.J Robertson, H. Strøm nd K.D. Wohl. 2008. Fluctuations in circumpolar seabird populations linked to climate oscillations. Global Change Biology 14(7): 1455-1463. (Thick-billed Murre and Common Murre)

Ivanauskas, F.V. Nedzinskas, and M. Zalakevicius. 1997. The impact of global warming upon spring arrival of birds. Acta Zool Ornithol 6: 31-36.

Jenni, L. and M. Kery. 2003. Timing of autumn bird migration under climate change: advances in long-distance migrants, delays in short-distance migrants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Series B: Biological Sciences 270: 1467-1471. (65 migrant bird species in w Europe)

Jensen, R.A., J. Madsen, M. O’Connell, M.S. Wisz, H. Tømmervik, and F. Jof. 2008. Prediction of the distribution of Arctic-nesting Pink-Footed Geese under a warmer climate scenario. Global Change Biology 14(1): 1-10.

Jenouvrier, S., C. Barbraud, and H. Weinerskirch. 2003. Effects of climate change variability on the temporal population dynamics of Southern Fulmars. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 576-587.

Jetz, W., D.S. Wilcove, and A.P. Dobson. 2007. Projected impacts of climate and land-use change on the global diversity of birds. PLoS Biology 5: e157.

Jiguet, F., A.-S. Gadot, R. Julliard, S. E. Newson, and D. Couvet. 2007. Climate envelope, life history traits and the resilience of birds facing global change. Global Change Biology 13:1672-1684.

Jones, J., P.J. Doran, and R.T. Holmes. 2003. Climate and food synchronize regional forest bird abundances. Ecology 84(11): 3024-3032. (New Hampshire; 15 yrs data, 10 species (YBSA, HAWO, HETH, REVI, OVEN, AMRE, RBGR, SCTA, BTBW, BTNW))

Jonzén, N., T. Ergon, A. Lindén, and N.C. Stenseth. 2007. Introduction. Climate Research 35: 1-3. (Introduction to special Climate Research volume on bird migration and climate)

Jonzén, N., T. Ergon, A. Lindén, and N.C. Stenseth. 2007. Bird migration and climate: the general picture and beyond. Climate Research 35: 177-180.

Jonzén, N., A. Hedenström, and P. Lundberg. 2007. Climate change and the optimal arrival of migratory birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 269-274.

Jonzén N., A. Lindén, T. Ergon, E. Knudsen, O. Vik, D. Rubolini, D. Piacentini, C.Brinch, F. Spina, L. Karlsson, M. Stervander, A. Andersson, J. Waldenström, A. Lehikoinen, E. Edvardsen, R. Solvang, N. Stenseth. 2006. Rapid advance of spring arrival dates in long-distance migratory birds. Science 312: 1959-1961.

Julliard, R., F. Jiguet, and D. Couvet. 2003. Common birds facing global changes: what makes a species at risk? Global Change Biology 10(1): 148-154. (France)

Kalela, O. 1949. Changes in geographic ranges in the avifauna of northern and central Europe in relation to recent changes in climate. Journal of Field Ornithology: Vol. 20, No. 2, p. 77-103.

Kanuscak, P., M. Hromada, T. Tryjanowski, and T.H. Sparks. 2004. Does climate at different scales influence the phenology and phenotype of the River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)? Oecologia 141: 158-163.

Kendall, M.A., M.T. Burrows, A.J. Southward, and S.J. Hawkins. 2004. Predicting the effects of marine climate change on the invertebrate prey of the birds of rocky shores. Ibis 146: 40-47.

Knudsen, E., A. Lindén, T. Ergon, N. Jonzén, J.O. Vik, J. Knape, J.E. Røer, and N.C. Stenseth. 2007. Characterizing bird migration phenology using data from standardized monitoring at bird observatories. Climate Research 35: 59-77. (overview and examples using Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) in Norway)

Lambert, J.D., K.P. McFarland, C.C. Rimmer (et al.?) 2004. Projecting effects of climate change on Bicknell’s Thrush habitat in the northeastern United States . VINS Technical Report 04-2. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Woodstock , Vermont .

La Sorte, F.A. and W.J. Boecklen. 2005. Temporal turnover of common species in avian assemblages in North America . Journal of Biogeography 32: 1151-1160.

La Sorte, F. A. and F.R. Thompson III. 2007. Poleward shifts in winter ranges of North American birds. Ecology 88(7): 1803-1812.

Lee, D.E., N. Nur, and W.J. Sydeman. 2007. Climate and demography of the planktivorous Cassin’s Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) off norther California: implications for population change. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 337-347.

Lehikoinen, A., M. Kilpi, and M. Öst. 2006. Winter climate affects subsequent breeding success of Common Eiders. Global Change Biology 12: 1355-1365.

Lehikoinen, E., T.H. Sparks, and M. Zalakevicius. 2004. Arrival and departure dates. Advances in Ecological Research 35: 1-32.

LeMoine, N., H.-G. Bauer, M. Peintinger, and K. Bohning-Gaese. 2007. Effects of climate and land-use change on species abundance in a central European bird community. Conservation Biology 21:495-503.

Lemoine, N., and K. Bohning-Gaese. 2003. Potential impact of global climate change on species richness of long-distance migrants. Conservation Biology 17: 1-11.

Lovejoy, T.E. and L. Hannah (eds.). 2005. Climate change and biodiversity. Yale University Press, New Haven , Connecticutt.

Lusk, J.J., F.S. Guthery, and S.J. DeMaso. 2001. Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) abundance in relation to yearly weather and long-term climate patterns. Ecological Modelling 146: 3-15.

MacLean, I.M., G.E. Austin, M.M. Rehfisch, J. Blew, O. Crowe, S. Delany, K. Devos, B. Deceuninck, K. Günther, K. Laursen, M. Van Roomen, and J. Wahl. 2008. Climate change causes rapid changes in the distribution and site abundance of birds in winter. Global Change Biology 14(11): 2489-2500. (Europe – Charadrii waders)

MacMynowski, D.P. and T.L. Root. 2007. Climate and the complexity of migratory phenology: sexes, migratory distance, and arrival distribution. International Journal of Biometeorology 51: 361-373.

MacMynowski, D.P., T.L. Root, G. Ballard, and G.R. Geupel. 2007. Changes in spring arrival of Nearctic-Neotropical migrants attributed to multiscalar climate. Global Change Biology 13: 1-13.

Marra, P.P., C.M. Francis, R.S. Mulvihill, and F. Moore. 2005. The influence of climate on the timing and rate of spring bird migration. Oecologia 142: 307-315.

Martin, T. E. 2007. Climate correlates of 20 years of trophic changes in a high-elevation riparian system. Ecology 88: 367 - 380.

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