Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Climate Change in a Wild Bird Population

Science ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 320 (5877) ◽  
pp. 800-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Charmantier ◽  
R. H. McCleery ◽  
L. R. Cole ◽  
C. Perrins ◽  
L. E. B. Kruuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Wild Bird ◽  
Bird Population ◽  
Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and competitive ability deployed under a climate change scenario may promote the invasion of Poa annua in Antarctica

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco A. Molina-Montenegro ◽  
Carolina Galleguillos ◽  
Rómulo Oses ◽  
Ian S. Acuña-Rodríguez ◽  
Paris Lavín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Competitive Ability ◽  
Climate Change Scenario ◽  
Poa Annua ◽  
Change Scenario ◽  
Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity

scholarly journals Climate change and the risks associated with delayed breeding in a tropical wild bird population

2011 ◽  
Vol 278 (1722) ◽  
pp. 3184-3190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepa Senapathi ◽  
Malcolm A. C. Nicoll ◽  
Celine Teplitsky ◽  
Carl G. Jones ◽  
Ken Norris
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Wild Bird ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Timing Of Breeding ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
Bird Population ◽  
Island Endemic

There is growing evidence of changes in the timing of important ecological events, such as flowering in plants and reproduction in animals, in response to climate change, with implications for population decline and biodiversity loss. Recent work has shown that the timing of breeding in wild birds is changing in response to climate change partly because individuals are remarkably flexible in their timing of breeding. Despite this work, our understanding of these processes in wild populations remains very limited and biased towards species from temperate regions. Here, we report the response to changing climate in a tropical wild bird population using a long-term dataset on a formerly critically endangered island endemic, the Mauritius kestrel. We show that the frequency of spring rainfall affects the timing of breeding, with birds breeding later in wetter springs. Delays in breeding have consequences in terms of reduced reproductive success as birds get exposed to risks associated with adverse climatic conditions later on in the breeding season, which reduce nesting success. These results, combined with the fact that frequency of spring rainfall has increased by about 60 per cent in our study area since 1962, imply that climate change is exposing birds to the stochastic risks of late reproduction by causing them to start breeding relatively late in the season.

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