A review and meta-analysis of the effects of climate change on Holarctic mountain and upland bird populations

Large extents of intensive land use limit community reorganization during climate warming

(2017) Tom H. Oliver et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Threats to North American forests from southern pine beetle with warming winters

(2017) Corey Lesk et al.   Nature Climate Change

Species’ traits influenced their response to recent climate change

(2017) Michela Pacifici et al.   Nature Climate Change

Contrasting Effects of Cattle Grazing Intensity on Upland-Nesting Duck Production at Nest and Field Scales in the Aspen Parkland, Canada

(2017) Jeffrey M. Warren et al.   Avian Conservation and Ecology

Increasing phenological asynchrony between spring green-up and arrival of migratory birds

(2017) Stephen J. Mayor et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of livestock farming on birds of rural areas in Europe

(2016) Federica Musitelli et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Long-term decline of southern boreal forest birds: consequence of habitat alteration or climate change?

(2016) Raimo Virkkala   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Ski-piste revegetation promotes partial bird community recovery in the European Alps

(2016) Enrico Caprio et al.   BIRD STUDY

Shorter snow cover duration since 1970 in the Swiss Alps due to earlier snowmelt more than to later snow onset

(2016) Geoffrey Klein et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Interspecific aggression by the Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) may limit the distribution of the threatened Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) in the Adirondack Mountains

(2016) Benjamin G. Freeman et al.   CONDOR

Can protected areas mitigate the impacts of climate change on bird's species and communities?

(2016) Pierre Gaüzère et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Microclimate predicts within-season distribution dynamics of montane forest birds

(2016) Sarah J. K. Frey et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Community structure and niche characteristics of upland and lowland western boreal birds at multiple spatial scales

(2016) C. Lisa Mahon et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Population trends influence species ability to track climate change

(2016) Joel Ralston et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of high latitude protected areas on bird communities under rapid climate change

(2016) Andrea Santangeli et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biodiversity scenarios neglect future land-use changes

(2016) Nicolas Titeux et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Impacts of global change on species distributions: obstacles and solutions to integrate climate and land use

(2016) Clélia Sirami et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Climate change will increase the potential conflict between skiing and high-elevation bird species in the Alps

(2016) Mattia Brambilla et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Tourism, biodiversity and protected areas – Review from northern Fennoscandia

(2016) Anne Tolvanen et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Transhumant Pastoralism in the Context of Socioeconomic and Climate Change in the Mountains of Nepal

(2016) Popular Gentle et al.   MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

(2016) Stephen J. Thackeray et al.   NATURE

Influence of Snowmelt Timing on the Diet Quality of Pyrenean Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta pyrenaica): Implications for Reproductive Success

(2016) Ricardo García-González et al.   PLoS One

Where to Combat Shrub Encroachment in Alpine Timberline Ecosystems: Combining Remotely-Sensed Vegetation Information with Species Habitat Modelling

(2016) Veronika Braunisch et al.   PLoS One

Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

(2016) P. A. Stephens et al.   SCIENCE

Rapidly shifting elevational distributions of passerine species parallel vegetation change in the subarctic

(2016) Jeremy D. Mizel et al.   Ecosphere

A boreal invasion in response to climate change? Range shifts and community effects in the borderland between forest and tundra

(2015) Bodil Elmhagen et al.   AMBIO

Long-Term Changes in Mountain Passerine Bird Communities in the Sierra Nevada (Southern Spain): A 30-Year Case Study

(2015) Regino Zamora et al.   Ardeola-International Journal of Ornithology

The conservation value of high elevation habitats to North American migrant birds

(2015) W. Alice Boyle et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Vegetation burning for game management in the UK uplands is increasing and overlaps spatially with soil carbon and protected areas

(2015) David J.T. Douglas et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Patterns and drivers of intraspecific variation in avian life history along elevational gradients: a meta-analysis

(2015) W. Alice Boyle et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The geographical range of British birds expands during 15 years of warming

(2015) Dario Massimino et al.   BIRD STUDY

Disturbance of wildlife by outdoor winter recreation: allostatic stress response and altered activity–energy budgets

(2015) Raphaël Arlettaz et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

North by north-west: climate change and directions of density shifts in birds

(2015) Aleksi Lehikoinen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The interacting effects of food, spring temperature, and global climate cycles on population dynamics of a migratory songbird

(2015) Andrea K. Townsend et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Land-use legacies rather than climate change are driving the recent upward shift of the mountain tree line in the Pyrenees

(2015) Aitor Ameztegui et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Regional changes in the elevational distribution of the Alpine Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta helveticain Switzerland

(2015) Claire A. Pernollet et al.   IBIS

Perennial ice and snow-covered land as important ecosystems for birds and mammals

(2015) Jørgen Rosvold   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Linking habitat specialization with species' traits in European birds

(2015) Jiří Reif et al.   OIKOS

Population Trends of Central European Montane Birds Provide Evidence for Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on High-Altitude Species

(2015) Jiří Flousek et al.   PLoS One

Local perceptions of rangeland degradation and climate change in the pastoral society of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

(2015) Xiaoyu Wu et al.   RANGELAND JOURNAL

Hydrologically driven ecosystem processes determine the distribution and persistence of ecosystem-specialist predators under climate change

(2015) Matthew J. Carroll et al.   Nature Communications

Global mountain topography and the fate of montane species under climate change

(2015) Paul R. Elsen et al.   Nature Climate Change

Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world

(2015)   Nature Climate Change

Effects of Climate Change on Habitat Availability and Configuration for an Endemic Coastal Alpine Bird

(2015) Michelle M. Jackson et al.   PLoS One

Relative importance of prey abundance and habitat structure as drivers of shorebird breeding success and abundance

(2014) David J. T. Douglas et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Assessing species vulnerability to climate and land use change: the case of the Swiss breeding birds

(2014) Ramona Maggini et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

A review of Fennoscandian arthropods living on and in snow

(2014) Sigmund HAGVAR   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Current and future effectiveness of Natura 2000 network in the central Alps for the conservation of mountain forest owl species in a warming climate

(2014) Mattia Brambilla et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Greater shrub dominance alters breeding habitat and food resources for migratory songbirds in Alaskan arctic tundra

(2014) Natalie T. Boelman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ecological and life-history traits explain recent boundary shifts in elevation and latitude of western North American songbirds

(2014) Sonya K. Auer et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Ecology and conservation of birds in upland and alpine habitats: a report on the BOU's Annual Conference held at the University of Leicester, 1-3 April 2014

(2014) Davide Scridel   IBIS

Sustainability of transhumance grazing systems under socio-economic threats in Langtang, Nepal

(2014) Suman Aryal et al.   Journal of Mountain Science

Influence of hiking trails on montane birds

(2014) William V. Deluca et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Plants, Birds and Butterflies: Short-Term Responses of Species Communities to Climate Warming Vary by Taxon and with Altitude

(2014) Tobias Roth et al.   PLoS One

Temperate Mountain Forest Biodiversity under Climate Change: Compensating Negative Effects by Increasing Structural Complexity

(2014) Veronika Braunisch et al.   PLoS One

Estimates of annual survival, growth, and recruitment of a white-tailed ptarmigan population in Colorado over 43 years

(2014) Gregory T. Wann et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Vulnerability of birds to climate change in California's Sierra Nevada

(2014) Rodney B. Siegel et al.   Avian Conservation and Ecology

Protected areas alleviate climate change effects on northern bird species of conservation concern

(2014) Raimo Virkkala et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Assessing the sensitivity of alpine birds to potential future changes in habitat and climate to inform management strategies

(2013) Dan E. Chamberlain et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Modelling distribution and potential overlap between Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus and Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius: implications for management and monitoring plans

(2013) MATTIA BRAMBILLA et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Correlates of vulnerability to climate-induced distribution changes in European avifauna: habitat, migration and endemism

(2013) Anne E. Goodenough et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Patterns of biodiversity in the northwestern Italian Alps: a multi-taxa approach

(2013) R. Viterbi et al.   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

Climate and vegetation hierarchically structure patterns of songbird distribution in the Canadian boreal region

(2013) S. G. Cumming et al.   ECOGRAPHY

A century of chasing the ice: delayed colonisation of ice-free sites by ground beetles along glacier forelands in the Alps

(2013) Mattia Brambilla et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Selecting from correlated climate variables: a major source of uncertainty for predicting species distributions under climate change

(2013) Veronika Braunisch et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Past and future landscape dynamics in pasture-woodlands of the Swiss Jura Mountains under climate change

(2013) Alexander Peringer et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Effect of climate change on breeding phenology, clutch size and chick survival of an upland bird

(2013) Kathy Fletcher et al.   IBIS

Modelling edge effects of mature forest plantations on peatland waders informs landscape-scale conservation

(2013) Jeremy D. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Common montane birds are declining in northern Europe

(2013) Aleksi Lehikoinen et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Climate Change, Northern Birds of Conservation Concern and Matching the Hotspots of Habitat Suitability with the Reserve Network

(2013) Raimo Virkkala et al.   PLoS One

Climate Change and Human Disturbance Can Lead to Local Extinction of Alpine Rock Ptarmigan: New Insight from the Western Italian Alps

(2013) Simona Imperio et al.   PLoS One

Assessing the Distributions and Potential Risks from Climate Change for the Sichuan Jay (Perisoreus internigrans)

(2012)   CONDOR

Cryptic loss of montane avian richness and high community turnover over 100 years

(2012) Morgan W. Tingley et al.   ECOLOGY

The push and pull of climate change causes heterogeneous shifts in avian elevational ranges

(2012) Morgan W. Tingley et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Shifts of forest species along an elevational gradient in Southeast France: climate change or stand maturation?

(2012) Jeanne Bodin et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The role of species’ ecological traits in climatically driven altitudinal range shifts of central European birds

(2012) Jirˇí Reif et al.   OIKOS

Disentangling the Relative Importance of Changes in Climate and Land-Use Intensity in Driving Recent Bird Population Trends

(2012) Sarah M. Eglington et al.   PLoS One

Thermal acclimation of interactions: differential responses to temperature change alter predator-prey relationship

(2012) V. S. Grigaltchik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Climate impacts on bird and plant communities from altered animal–plant interactions

(2012) Thomas E. Martin et al.   Nature Climate Change

Influence of life history strategies on sensitivity, population growth and response to climate for sympatric alpine birds

(2012) Scott Wilson et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

The Role of Mountain Ranges in the Diversification of Birds

(2011) Jon Fjeldså et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Landscape changes caused by high altitude ski-pistes affect bird species richness and distribution in the Alps

(2011) Enrico Caprio et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Conservation in the face of climate change: The roles of alternative models, monitoring, and adaptation in confronting and reducing uncertainty

(2011) Michael J. Conroy et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

(2011) Endre Knudsen et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Climate change threatens European conservation areas

(2011) Miguel B. Araújo et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities

(2011) Isla H Myers-Smith et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Vegetation structural and compositional heterogeneity as a key feature in Alpine black grouse microhabitat selection: conservation management implications

(2011) Patrick Patthey et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Interactions between climate and habitat loss effects on biodiversity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2011) Chrystal S. Mantyka-pringle et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Maintaining northern peatland ecosystems in a changing climate: effects of soil moisture, drainage and drain blocking on craneflies

(2011) MATTHEW J. CARROLL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Genomic insights into adaptation to high-altitude environments

(2011) Z A Cheviron et al.   HEREDITY

The altitudinal frontier in avian climate impact research

(2011) DAN CHAMBERLAIN et al.   IBIS

Survival and population size of a resident bird species are declining as temperature increases

(2011) Leonard Santisteban et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Climate change and forest diseases

(2011) R. N. Sturrock et al.   PLANT PATHOLOGY

Interpopulation Variation in Contour Feather Structure Is Environmentally Determined in Great Tits

(2011) Juli Broggi et al.   PLoS One

Rapid Range Shifts of Species Associated with High Levels of Climate Warming

(2011) I.-C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Spatially explicit modeling of conflict zones between wildlife and snow sports: prioritizing areas for winter refuges

(2010) Veronika Braunisch et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Are Swiss birds tracking climate change?

(2010) Ramona Maggini et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

21st century climate change threatens mountain flora unequally across Europe

(2010) ROBIN ENGLER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Winter tourism increases stress hormone levels in the Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus

(2010) DOMINIK THIEL et al.   IBIS

Short-term response to the North Atlantic Oscillation but no long-term effects of climate change on the reproductive success of an alpine bird

(2010) Jean-Yves Barnagaud et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Life history variation between high and low elevation subspecies of horned larks Eremophila spp.

(2010) Alaine F. Camfield et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Variable reproductive effort for two ptarmigan species in response to spring weather in a northern alpine ecosystem

(2010) Scott Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Projected range contractions of montane biodiversity under global warming

(2010) F. A. La Sorte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Concealment from predators drives foraging habitat selection in brood-rearing Alpine black grouse Tetrao tetrix hens: habitat management implications

(2010) Natalina Signorell et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Population genetic structure of rock ptarmigan in the ‘sky islands’ of French Pyrenees: implications for conservation

(2009) N. Bech et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Are treelines advancing? A global meta-analysis of treeline response to climate warming

(2009) Melanie A. Harsch et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Mechanistic niche modelling: combining physiological and spatial data to predict species’ ranges

(2009) Michael Kearney et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Poleward shifts in breeding bird distributions in New York State

(2009) BENJAMIN ZUCKERBERG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Impacts of climate on prey abundance account for fluctuations in a population of a northern wader at the southern edge of its range

(2009) JAMES W. PEARCE-HIGGINS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A weak upward elevational shift in the distributions of breeding birds in the Italian Alps

(2009) Simon Popy et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The velocity of climate change

(2009) Scott R. Loarie et al.   NATURE

Birds track their Grinnellian niche through a century of climate change

(2009) M. W. Tingley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of outdoor winter sports on the abundance of a key indicator species of alpine ecosystems

(2008) Patrick Patthey et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Scale effects and human impact on the elevational species richness gradients

(2008) D. Nogués-Bravo et al.   NATURE

Potential Impacts of Climatic Change on European Breeding Birds

(2008) Brian Huntley et al.   PLoS One

Populations of migratory bird species that did not show a phenological response to climate change are declining

(2008) A. P. Moller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Birds are tracking climate warming, but not fast enough

(2008) V. Devictor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Significant Upward Shift in Plant Species Optimum Elevation During the 20th Century

(2008) J. Lenoir et al.   SCIENCE

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(2008) Douglas R. Hardy et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology