Influence of Climate Change on Avian Migrants' First Arrival Dates

The condor

Robert L. DeLeon¹ 

关键词: avian migration;    climate change;    first arrival date;    migration;    phenology;   

DOI  :  10.1525/cond.2011.100223

学科分类：动物科学

来源: Central Ornithology Publication Office

【 摘 要 】

Abstract. Long-term studies over a variety of regions, species, and time periods can help link trends in climate to changes in bird phenology and provide better understanding of potential effects of climate change. We analyzed first spring arrival dates of 93 species of migrants from the Buffalo Ornithological Society's database covering the period from 1967 to 2008. Migrants appeared a mean 0.10 days earlier each year. Short-range migrants, traveling from a winter range within North America, have advanced their average arrival more, 0.15 days per year, than have long-range migrants from Central America, South America, or the West Indies, whose advance averaged 0.06 days per year. We regressed arrival dates against the temperature of short-range migrants' winter range, as represented by Houston, Texas, and the North American Oscillation Index as indicators of climate change. The Houston temperature correlates well with earlier arrival dates, especially for short-range migrants. We compared our results wit...

【 授权许可】

CC BY