Will climate change leave tropical birds hung out to dry?
http://news.aces.illinois.edu/news/will-climate-change-leave-tropical-birds-hung-out-dry[font face=Serif][font size=5]Will climate change leave tropical birds hung out to dry?[/font]
Published December 20, 2016
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- Tropical birds may be especially vulnerable to changes in rainfall and length of the dry season.
- Extreme El Niño events may become more common with climate change.
- In a University of Illinois study, nearly one-third of the 20 species studied in Panama may decrease if conditions become dryer.
URBANA, Ill. The future of the red-capped manakin and other tropical birds in Panama looks bleak. A University of Illinois research project spanning more than three decades and simulating another five decades analyzes how changes in rainfall will affect bird populations. The results show that for 19 of the 20 species included in the study, there may be significantly fewer birds if conditions become dryer.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3183