Birds on the move in the face of climate change: High species turnover in northern Europe

Virkkala, Raimo; Lehikoinen, Aleksi

doi:10.1002/ece3.3328

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“…For the other diet guilds, none of the biased phylogenetic fields were observed. Although the effects of habitat preferences or dietary guild on phylogenetic structure of bird assemblages were rarely examine, several studies showed higher population fluctuation (Barshep et al, 2017) and also population decline (Virkkala & Lehikoinen, 2017) for the bird species in wetland. Kissling, Sekercioglu, and Jetz (2011) reported that global distribution of bird species richness showed pronounced differences between foraging guilds.…”

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The influence of ecological traits and environmental factors on the co‐occurrence patterns of birds on islands worldwide

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Şekercioğlu

et al. 2020

Ecological Research

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To understand the mechanisms shaping global species diversity patterns, we focused on species assembly of bird communities on islands, which are ideal for detecting ecological and historical processes. We tested the hypotheses that species traits and island environments interactively shape the phylogenetic structure of island bird assemblages through a variety of ecological processes: habitat filtering, in‐situ speciation, extinction, dispersal limitation and competitive exclusion. We assessed the effects of species ecological traits and environment factors on the phylogenetic fields, which defined as phylogenetic distance between individual bird species and co‐occurred species within each island, using phylogenetic generalized linear mixed models. Climate and isolation were the most important factors driving the co‐occurrence patterns of island bird species: the species' phylogenetic fields were significantly clustered on tropical and/or isolated islands. We also found that the phylogenetic fields strongly correlated with the ecological traits especially for the diet and habitat preferences: the phylogenetic fields tended to over‐disperse for granivores and species inhabiting in wetlands or coasts, while frugivores showed clustered phylogenetic fields. Moreover, mobility and body size had substantial effects on species assemblages: long‐distance dispersers had clustered phylogenetic fields and small‐bodied species showed overdispersed phylogenetic fields.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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The influence of ecological traits and environmental factors on the co‐occurrence patterns of birds on islands worldwide

Sato

Kusumoto

Şekercioğlu

et al. 2020

Ecological Research

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“…Earlier studies indicate an overall high species turnover rate in birds in northern Europe due to climate change and other human influence (Virkkala & Lehikoinen, 2017). In other words, while northern land bird species are declining and their range is retreating north, southern species are increasing and spreading north (Reif, 2013;Virkkala & Rajasärkkä, 2011).…”

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Population change in breeding boreal waterbirds in a 25‐year perspective: What characterises winners and losers?

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1. Understanding drivers of variation and trends in biodiversity change is a general scientific challenge, but also crucial for conservation and management. Previous research shows that patterns of increase and decrease are not always consistent at different spatial scales, calling for approaches combining the latter. We here explore the idea that functional traits of species may help explaining divergent population trends.2. Complementing a previous community level study, we here analyse data about breeding waterbirds on 58 wetlands in boreal Fennoscandia, covering gradients in latitude as well as trophic status. We used linear mixed models to address how change in local abundance over 25 years in 25 waterbird species are associated with life history traits, diet, distribution, breeding phenology, and habitat affinity.3. Mean abundance increased in 10 species from 1990/1991 to 2016, whereas it decreased in 15 species. Local population increases were associated with species that are early breeders and have small clutches, an affinity for luxurious wetlands, an herbivorous diet, and a wide breeding range rather than a southern distribution.Local decreases, by contrast, were associated with species having large clutches and invertivorous diet, as well as being late breeders and less confined to luxurious wetlands. The three species occurring on the highest number of wetlands all decreased in mean abundance. The fact that early breeders have done better than late fits well with previousresearch about adaptability to climate change, that is, response to earlier springs.We found only limited support for the idea that life history traits are good predictors of wetland level population change. Instead, diet turned out to be a strong candidate for an important driver of population change, as supported by a general decrease of invertivores and a concomitant increase of large herbivores. 5. In a wider perspective, future research needs to address whether population growth of large-bodied aquatic herbivores affects abundance of co-occurring invertivorous species, and if so, if this is due to habitat alteration, or to interference or exploitative competition.

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“…Therefore, the expanding of the range boundaries of �animal) species reflects the capabilities of their peripheral populations to adapt under new environmental conditions (Melnikov & Durnev, 2012). Climate changes also affect the status of species populations �Şekercioğlu et al, 2012;Velásquez� Tibatá et al, 2013) and, as a consequence, the d�nam-ics of the boundaries of the natural distribution of birds �Crick, 2004; Araújo et al, 2011;Velásquez�Tibatá et al, 2013;Virkkala & Lehikoinen, 2017). For example, changes in the boundaries of bird ranges (Thomas & Lennon, 1999;Brommer, 2004;�assal, 2017) or a change in the arrival timing of migratory birds (Kullberg et al, 2015;Courter, 2017) have been established under the influence of various climatic factors.…”

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The extending of ranges of some bird species at the north-eastern border of their distribution due to intra-century climate changes

Glushenkov¹

2017

Nat. Cons. Res.

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The paper presents an overview of the phenomenon of range expanding of birds located at the northeastern limit of their range. The study area is located in the Volga-Kama Krai in the Chuvash Republic, adjacent to the River Volga. It is situated northwards and southwards of 56° N, and westwards and eastwards of 49° E, in a band of about 400 km. The problem is considered in aspect of the intra-century changes of climatic conditions in the region and in European Russia as a whole. The analysis of the relationship between the range expansion of some bird species and the intra-century climate changes was based on ornithological and climatological material available for the study area. We have used material on climate change in the Chuvashian Republic and Volga-Kama Krai since 1926, taking into account recent data of Roshydromet and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The idea of this study was based on the theory of climatic cycles of different periodicity, the theory of recent global climate change and the hypothesis of cyclic dynamics of the ranges of waterfowl in the context of centuries-old and intracentury climate change in Northern Eurasia. In the framework of the problem, we have studied ornithological material dated from the late 19th till the early 21st century, authored by Bogdanov, Ruzsky, Zhitkov, Buturlin, Artobolevsky, Volchanetsky, Pershakov, Popov, Glushenkov and others. As shown the intra-century climate changes do quite likely affect the northward and northeastward range expansion of such bird species as Cygnus olor, Anas strepera, Aythya ferina, Hieraaetus pennatus, Aquila heliaca, and Fulica atra. Climate changes can also be judged on the base of the shift in the arrival timing to earlier dates for some birds. It is most clearly manifested for early arriving species (Grus grus, Ardea cinerea, Actitis hypoleucos). It is also true for the later arriving Pernis apivorus and Merops apiaster whose existence depends on the emergence time of insects. Climate changes are not the only determining factors affecting the bird distribution. Ecological factors are also important, along with the mentioned above. The range expansion of species in anthropogenically disturbed landscapes occurs by means of complex chains of ecological relationships. Examples of Haematopus ostralegus and Sterna albifrons show the reasons for the reduction and restoration of species ranges due to the change in the effect of an anthropogenic factor. Thus, the range expansion of some bird species to the north and northeast is quite likely related to the centuries-old and intra-century climate changes. However, we do not consider climate warming as the only determining factor in the abundance increase and further range expanding for some birds at the range limits in temperate zone. In order to a better understanding of the impact of climate changes on birds, it is needed to investigate how modern climate changes in the temperate regions influence on the animals which serve as food for birds, and, as a consequence, how these proces...

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Birds on the move in the face of climate change: High species turnover in northern Europe

Cited by 45 publications

References 53 publications

The influence of ecological traits and environmental factors on the co‐occurrence patterns of birds on islands worldwide

The influence of ecological traits and environmental factors on the co‐occurrence patterns of birds on islands worldwide

Population change in breeding boreal waterbirds in a 25‐year perspective: What characterises winners and losers?

The extending of ranges of some bird species at the north-eastern border of their distribution due to intra-century climate changes

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