Location Is Everything, but Climate Gets a Share: Analyzing Small-Scale Environmental Influences on Breeding Success in the White-Throated Dipper

Nilsson, Anna; Reitan, Trond; Skaugen, Thomas; L’Abée-Lund, Jan Henning; Gamelon, Marlène; Jerstad, Kurt; Røstad, Ole Wiggo; Slagsvold, Tore; Stenseth, Nils Christian; Vøllestad, Leif Asbjørn; Walseng, Bjørn

doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.542846

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“…Nevertheless, where they occur, adaptive habitat choice decisions may have profound population-level consequences, buffering populations against the effects of climate change and potentially preventing population extinction, as well as providing additional time for the evolutionary change that is likely to be key in enabling effective long-term responses to climate change 50,75 . Despite this, little work has explored fine-scale spatial heterogeneity in climate change responses (but see 76,77 ), and thus studies examining changes in habitat selection behaviour in response to climate change, and its fitness consequences, are extremely rare (but see 78,79 ).…”

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“…We compared models with both linear and quadratic fits, with the best fit model selected based on AIC c . It is important to note that sliding window analysis have recently received some criticism 77 , and comparative work has shown that different sliding window analysis methods may select markedly different time windows, with some methods producing biologically implausible results 92 . Nevertheless, a wide range of studies indicate that early spring temperatures are predictive of timing of breeding in this species, and a causal effect of temperature has been demonstrated in captive studies.…”

Section: Population Level Trends In Laying Date Half Fall Date and Sp...mentioning

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“…How climate change will affect clutch size is also uncertain. Clutch size generally declines seasonally in single-brooded species and has increased over time in some species as laying dates advanced (e.g., Schaefer et al 2006, Nilsson et al 2020. However, it is not clear that an acceleration of spring phenology will lead to greater population productivity because advancement of laying date may be constrained by inflexible migration schedules (Lany et al 2016), antagonistic selection on other traits (Winkler et al 2002, Sheldon et al 2003, or increased likelihood of failure of early nests because of extreme weather that occurs most often in the early laying season (Shipley et al 2020).…”

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Weather and climate change drive annual variation of reproduction by an aerial insectivore

Murphy¹,

Redmond²,

Dolan³

et al. 2022

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For many bird species, but especially aerial insectivores, reproduction depends on weather. Climate change is likely to intensify effects, but with uncertain consequences. We report 22 years of data on Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) reproduction for two populations located in different hygric environments undergoing climate change; mesic central New York, USA, (NY; 12 years) and xeric southeastern Oregon, USA, (OR: 10 years). Laying date became earlier with increasing temperature in the 30-day period preceding laying in identical fashion at both sites, and in years of early laying, clutch size was larger, length of laying season increased, and failed initial nesting attempts were more often replaced. High temperature in the 10-days preceding mean laying date was associated with shorter laying seasons, while a site by 10-day temperature interaction reflected an increase and decrease of clutch size with increasing 10-day temperature in NY and OR, respectively. Seasonal rate of clutch size decline was higher when the laying season was short but also slowed in xeric OR when rain was abundant in the 10-days prior to mean laying date. Nest predation drove annual variation in young fledged/nest, but the latter also increased and decreased with increasing maximum temperature during the nestling phase in mesic NY and xeric OR, respectively. Potential effects of climate change on kingbird populations are thus high given the dependence of reproduction on weather, and climate change likely contributed to declines of kingbirds in OR. Declines of kingbirds in NY appear unrelated to warming climates because higher temperatures advanced laying dates and yielded greater nest productivity. However, length of laying season declined across years at both sites, and thus early season gains may be negated by poor conditions late in the season that may be causing shorter laying seasons. Further work is needed to identify causes for the latter changes.Les conditions météorologiques et les changements climatiques entraînent la variation annuelle de la reproduction d'un insectivore aérien responsables des saisons de ponte plus courtes. Des travaux supplémentaires sont nécessaires à ce sujet pour qu'on puisse identifier les causes.

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Seasonal resource selection of a grassland bird in a dynamic landscape: Importance of a heterogeneous landscape

Harsh,

Lonsinger,

Kauth

et al. 2024

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Habitat loss and fragmentation are a growing threat to wildlife, and a better understanding of these landscape processes is needed to mitigate their effects on species populations. Grassland biomes are among the most imperiled ecosystems in the world, and grassland birds are experiencing significant population declines in North America. Understanding how species respond to differences in resource availabilities across spatiotemporal extents is critical to determining animals' distributions. Here, we investigated the relationship of landscape attributes to spatiotemporal distribution of a grassland bird, the ring‐necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), which has experienced population declines in the Midwest, USA. Pheasant declines have been attributed to two anthropogenic stressors, land use change and climate change. In this study, we evaluated the effect of landscape attributes (composition and configuration) on the home‐range size and resource selection of pheasants. We used a 95% fixed kernel estimator to estimate home‐range size and identified scales at which landscape features influenced home‐range sizes. We quantified landscape features within radii of 250, 500, and 1000 m (i.e., local to broader spatial scales) from the home‐range center. We also used resource selection functions to predict the home‐range placement (second order) and resource selection within home ranges (third order) of pheasants during winter, pre‐nesting, and nesting seasons. We developed multi‐scale predictions of pheasant resource selection and identified wetlands, grasslands, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grasslands, and small grains as land cover types used by pheasants to fulfill their life requirements. Our results indicated home ranges were more likely to be in a landscape with more CRP, wetlands, and grasslands; more connected grasslands; and a greater number of grassland patches. Pheasants also selected heterogeneous landscape and avoided row crops at both orders of selection. Maintaining habitat heterogeneity, by managing landscapes composed of a high proportion of grasslands and CRP surrounded by small grains and wetlands, could enhance the benefits of local management practices for pheasants. Collectively, insights obtained from our study can advance habitat conservation efforts for similar grassland birds and consequently are of broad utility to biologists and wildlife managers.

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Location Is Everything, but Climate Gets a Share: Analyzing Small-Scale Environmental Influences on Breeding Success in the White-Throated Dipper

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References 50 publications

Spatial variation in avian phenological response to climate change linked to tree health

Spatial variation in avian phenological response to climate change linked to tree health

Weather and climate change drive annual variation of reproduction by an aerial insectivore

Seasonal resource selection of a grassland bird in a dynamic landscape: Importance of a heterogeneous landscape

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