climate change Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

What variable to choose?

By Krista Oswald|2023-11-13T09:13:17+00:0013 Nov 2023|adaptation, Africa, climate, climate change, monitoring, physiology, reproduction|

Implications of variable choice when estimating vulnerability to climate change

Why do birds get smaller?

By Laura Bosco|2023-10-22T20:15:32+00:0023 Oct 2023|adaptation, annual cycle, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, citizen science, climate, climate change, monitoring, morphology, non-breeding ecology, volunteering, weather|

How long-term winter bird ringing unravels body size shrinking in response to climate change

Keeping migratory connectivity simple

By Will Cresswell|2023-10-12T10:41:45+00:002 Oct 2023|annual cycle, bird movements, climate change, collection bias, distribution, migratory connectivity, satellite tracking|

How can we compare migratory connectivity easily across species?

Global threats to grassland birds

By Christa Beckmann|2023-06-13T13:48:33+00:0019 Jun 2023|agriculture, biodiversity, Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, cerrado, climate change, grassland, grassland birds, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, IBIS, land management, land use|

What are the main threats to declining grassland birds?

The future of Harpy Eagle habitat

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-05-16T15:11:40+00:0018 May 2023|birds of prey, climate change, Conservation, distribution, occurrence data|

Different climate change scenarios predict a dramatic decline in range size.

Seeking shelter under the snow

By Amy Shipley|2023-04-17T17:37:08+00:0017 Apr 2023|adaptation, adult survival, annual cycle, behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, climate, climate change, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, game bird, habitat selection, IBIS, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, temperature, thermal stress, winter|

The benefits of snow burrowing for a winter-adapted bird

A tricky trade-off for the Northern Wheatear

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-12-22T13:05:24+00:0025 Jan 2023|alpine birds, Breeding, climate change, fledgling survival, grassland birds, nesting success, phenology, trade-offs|

Should these birds breed early or late?

Revealing the Redleg’s Secrets

By Giovanni Forcina|2022-12-12T14:26:00+00:0022 Dec 2022|avian biology, climate change, disease, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, Farmland birds, Galliformes, game bird, Genetics, genomics, grassland birds, Science|

The whole genome marks a new era for the Red-legged Partridge

How can the past inform reintroductions?

By Jennifer Crees|2023-01-17T10:39:06+00:0019 Dec 2022|climate change, distribution, early-career researcher, ECR, IBIS, migrant, museum collections, reintroduction, vagrancy, waterbirds, wetlands|

A history of the Dalmatian Pelican in Britain and what we can learn for the future of the species

How is climate change affecting Bearded Vulture ranges?

By Tulsi Subedi|2022-11-07T10:13:16+00:0010 Nov 2022|adaptation, Africa, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, climate, climate change, distribution, ecology, global change, habitat, Himalayan birds, IBIS, modelling, raptors, scavengers, soaring birds, vultures|

Modelling Bearded Vulture distributions under various climate scenarios