Waders in winter: long-term changes of migratory bird assemblages facing climate change

Godet, Laurent; Jaffré, Mikaël; Devictor, Vincent

Type de document :

Article dans une revue scientifique: Article original

DOI :

10.1098/rsbl.2011.0152

Titre :

Waders in winter: long-term changes of migratory bird assemblages facing climate change

Auteur(s) :

Godet, Laurent [Auteur]
Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique UMR 6554 [LETG]
Jaffré, Mikaël [Auteur]
Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 [LOG]
Devictor, Vincent [Auteur]
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier [UMR ISEM]

Titre de la revue :

Biology Letters

Pagination :

1-4

Éditeur :

Royal Society, The

Date de publication :

2011

ISSN :

1744-9561

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Biodiversité

Résumé en anglais : [en]

Effects of climate change on species occupying distinct areas during their life cycle are still unclear. Moreover, although effects of climate change have widely been studied at the species level, less is known about ...
Lire la suite >Effects of climate change on species occupying distinct areas during their life cycle are still unclear. Moreover, although effects of climate change have widely been studied at the species level, less is known about community responses. Here, we test whether and how the composition of wader (Charadrii) assemblages, breeding in high latitude and wintering from Europe to Africa, is affected by climate change over 33 years.We calculated the temporal trend in the community temperature index (CTI), whichmeasures the balance between cold and hot dwellers present in species assemblages. We found a steep increase in the CTI, which reflects a profound change in assemblage composition in response to recent climate change. This study provides, to our knowledge, the first evidence of a strong community response of migratory species to climate change in their wintering areas.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Comité de lecture :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

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