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Ecology
Stefan J. G. Vriend, Vidar Grotan, Marlene Gamelon, Frank Adriaensen, Markus P. Ahola, Elena Alvarez, Liam D. Bailey, Emilio Barba, Jean-Charles Bouvier, Malcolm D. Burgess, Andrey Bushuev, Carlos Camacho, David Canal, Anne Charmantier, Ella F. Cole, Camillo Cusimano, Blandine F. Doligez, Szymon M. Drobniak, Anna Dubiec, Marcel Eens, Tapio Eeva, Kjell Einar Erikstad, Peter N. Ferns, Anne E. Goodenough, Ian R. Hartley, Shelley A. Hinsley, Elena Ivankina, Rimvydas Juskaitis, Bart Kempenaers, Anvar B. Kerimov, John Atle Kalas, Claire Lavigne, Agu Leivits, Mark C. Mainwaring, Jesus Martinez-Padilla, Erik Matthysen, Kees van Oers, Markku Orell, Rianne Pinxten, Tone Kristin Reiertsen, Seppo Rytkonen, Juan Carlos Senar, Ben C. Sheldon, Alberto Sorace, Janos Torok, Emma Vatka, Marcel E. Visser, Bernt-Erik Saether
Summary: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is important in ecology and evolution. This study examined the influence of local climatic variables on spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits among bird populations in Europe. The researchers found that temperature strongly affected spatial synchrony in laying date for blue tits and great tits but not for pied flycatchers. Understanding how environmental conditions influence trait values improves our understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alaaeldin Soultan, Diego Pavon-Jordan, Ute Bradter, Brett K. Sandercock, Wesley M. Hochachka, Alison Johnston, Jon Brommer, Elie Gaget, Verena Keller, Peter Knaus, Karen Aghababyan, Qenan Maxhuni, Alexandre Vintchevski, Karoly Nagy, Liutauras Raudonikis, Dawn Balmer, David Noble, Domingos Leitao, Ingar Jostein Oien, Paul Shimmings, Elchin Sultanov, Brian Caffrey, Kerem Boyla, Dimitrije Radisic, Ake Lindstrom, Metodija Velevski, Clara Pladevall, Lluis Brotons, St'astny Karel, Drazenko Z. Rajkovic, Tomasz Chodkiewicz, Tomasz Wilk, Tibor Szep, Chris van Turnhout, Ruud Foppen, Ian Burfield, Thomas Vikstrom, Vlatka Dumbovic Mazal, Mark Eaton, Petr Vorisek, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Sergi Herrando, Tatiana Kuzmenko, Hans-Gunther Bauer, Mikhail Kalyakin, Olga V. Voltzit, Jovica Sjenicic, Tomas Part
Summary: Wetland bird species have been experiencing population declines due to climate warming and land-use change, impacting their suitable habitats. This study used species distribution models to predict changes in range dynamics for 64 non-passerine wetland birds breeding in Europe. The models successfully predicted the contraction of breeding ranges for most species and expansion for southerly breeding species. The study highlights the urgent need for wetland creation and restoration to improve wetland birds' resilience to future environmental changes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Remote Sensing
Ning Li, Jingfeng Xiao, Rui Bai, Jing Wang, Lu Wu, Wenlong Gao, Wei Li, Miao Chen, Qinfen Li
Summary: This study used long-term satellite data and climate factors to analyze the start of growing season (SOS) of natural rubber in tropical areas. The study found that preseason sunshine duration had the greatest impact on SOS, and SOS had a significant delay with the increase of latitude.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sarah Glick, Regula Gehrig, Marloes Eeftens
Summary: Longitudinal shifts in pollen onset, duration, and intensity have been observed in some plants in Switzerland, with the choice of MPS definition affecting the magnitude and significance of these changes. Future research can investigate whether these temporal and quantitative pollen changes correlate with longitudinal differences in population pollen sensitization.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Daijiang Li, Narayani Barve, Laura Brenskelle, Kamala Earl, Vijay Barve, Michael W. Belitz, Joshua Doby, Maggie M. Hantak, Jessica A. Oswald, Brian J. Stucky, Mitch Walters, Robert P. Guralnick
Summary: This study investigates the flowering patterns of 52 plant species using community science photographs and a novel estimation method. It found that warmer areas have longer flowering durations, particularly for summer-blooming species. Higher human population density and annual precipitation are associated with delayed flowering offset and extended flowering duration. Woody perennials are more sensitive to climate and urbanization drivers.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Liang Ma, Chao Hou, Zhong-Wen Jiang, Wei-Guo Du
Summary: Climate warming can have significant impacts on embryonic development and juvenile growth in oviparous species. Estimating these impacts is challenging due to the timing of egg laying events throughout the reproductive season. A new metric called egg-laying opportunity (EO) is proposed to estimate the hours during which newly laid eggs yield surviving offspring with sufficient energy for overwintering. EO was estimated for Sceloporus undulatus under current and climate-warming scenarios, indicating a decline in EO at 74.8% of sites. Hatching success and offspring energy were identified as major contributors to lost EO hours.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg, Morgan W. Tingley
Summary: This study used a large amount of bird banding data to investigate the changes in spring and fall migratory phenology for different sexes and age classes of bird species. The results showed that adult males arrived first in spring, while immature females arrived last, consistent with protandry. In the fall, there was little difference between sexes, but adults tended to depart earlier than juveniles. Additionally, the study found that male birds were advancing their phenology at a faster rate compared to females, causing the gap between male and female arrival times to widen over time.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Letter
Biodiversity Conservation
Adam Terando, John Kevin Hiers, Marcus Williams, Scott L. Goodrick, Joseph J. O'Brien
Summary: Fill et al. reported significant increases in dry season length over the past 120 years in the Southeast US, suggesting increased wildfire risk. However, there are doubts about the existence of a climatologically meaningful 'dry season' in the region and the flawed sampling method used in the study.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Claire Buchan, Aldina M. A. Franco, Ines Catry, Anna Gamero, James J. Gilroy, Richard Field
Summary: This study mapped 16 anthropogenic threats for migratory birds using remote-sensed data and expert opinion, and evaluated the risk maps for 103 migratory bird species in relation to population trends. The results showed that direct mortality threats have a significant impact on bird population trends.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Fredrik Andreasson, Andreas Nord, Jan-ake Nilsson
Summary: Warmer springs have caused phenological shifts in plants and animals. In birds, the mean laying date has advanced to match the earlier food peak. However, there is limited understanding of the variation in egg-laying dates within a population and the environmental factors that influence this variation.
Article
Agronomy
Leonard Schneider, Valentin Comte, Martine Rebetez
Summary: The study examines the impact of increasing temperatures on the voltinism of pest species in Switzerland. It predicts that with global warming, there could be an increase in the number of generations of pests and more damage to forests, vineyards, and crops. The findings suggest that future temperature conditions will favor additional generations of pests at lower elevations and enable a full single cycle per year at higher elevations.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Ecology
Emma C. Hughes, Alex Slavenko
Summary: Measurements of individual birds across North America over almost twenty years show that as birds migrate to the equator, they tend to have smaller body sizes, and as average temperatures increase, their body size decreases.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Christoph Nolte, Ana Reboredo Segovia, Jose Manuel Ochoa-Quintero, Jaime Burbano-Giron
Summary: Accurate estimates of land protection costs are important for determining the most cost-effective locations for achieving biodiversity conservation goals. This study demonstrates a method for estimating land protection costs using original data, global predictor datasets, and machine-learning models. The research findings highlight the importance of urban proximity as a key driver of land protection costs in the Colombian Andes, and provide more accurate cost estimates compared to existing proxies.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Tsedale Demelash, Martial Amou, Amatus Gyilbag, Goitom Tesfay, Yinlong Xu
Summary: Global warming is a severe threat to food security in developing countries, particularly affecting wheat productivity in Ethiopia. This study used the DSSAT CERES-Wheat model and ensemble mean of four GCMs to analyze the effects of adjusted sowing dates and different wheat varieties on yield. The results showed that the choice of variety and sowing date can significantly impact wheat yield under different climate scenarios.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Haibo Shen, Caiwu Li, Ming He, Yan Huang, Jing Wang, Minglei Wang, Bisong Yue, Xiuyue Zhang
Summary: The study found that immune-related genes in breeding male giant pandas showed enhanced expression, especially genes related to innate immunity.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Konrad Halupka
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
(2017)
Article
Ornithology
Janusz Stepniewski, Lucyna Halupka
Article
Zoology
Anna Najbar, Agnieszka Konowalik, Konrad Halupka, Bartlomiej Najbar, Maria Ogielska
Article
Parasitology
Julio Manuel Neto, Samantha Mellinger, Lucyna Halupka, Alfonso Marzal, Pavel Zehtindjiev, Helena Westerdahl
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biophysics
Lucyna Halupka, Beata Czyz, Carlos Moises Macias Dominguez
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
(2020)
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Tomasz Skawinski, Bartosz Borczyk, Lucyna Halupka
Summary: This study focused on the postnatal skeletal development of two phylogenetically distant birds, finding that the altricial passerine bird displayed well-ossified skeleton similar to the semiprecocial gull, but with faster ossification of limb bones in the latter. Additionally, unlike previous reports on neognath birds, the ankle bone fusion pattern in the gull differed, indicating a greater diversity within Neognathae. This study highlights the importance of developmental studies in understanding the evolutionary history of birds.
JOURNAL OF ANATOMY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Lucyna Halupka, Marta Borowiec, Grzegorz Neubauer, Konrad Halupka
Summary: A study compared breeding parameters of female Eurasian reed warblers in two periods, 1980-1983 and 2005-2012, and found that the breeding season has extended by 2 weeks in recent years, with a 75% increase in fledglings produced annually by females. The study suggests that the longer breeding season and increased re-nesting opportunities in response to climate change have led to higher offspring production and may benefit some species. Further research is needed to understand the causes and consequences of changes in the duration of breeding seasons for predicting population dynamics under changing climatic conditions.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ornithology
Lucyna Halupka, Aleksandra Czylok
Summary: This report describes a case in which European Tree Frog occupation caused nest failure for a pair of Eurasian Reed Warblers, providing the first published evidence of avian nest failure due to occupation by an amphibian species.
ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lucyna Halupka, Debora Arlt, Jere Tolvanen, Alexandre Millon, Pierre Bize, Peter Adamik, Pascal Albert, Wayne J. Arendt, Alexander V. Artemyev, Vittorio Baglione, Jerzy Banbura, Miroslawa Banbura, Emilio Barba, Robert T. Barrett, Peter H. Becker, Eugen Belskii, Mark Bolton, E. Keith Bowers, Joel Bried, Lyanne Brouwer, Monika Bukacinska, Dariusz Bukacinski, Lesley Bulluck, Kate F. Carstens, Ines Catry, Motti Charter, Anna Chernomorets, Rita Covas, Monika Czuchra, Donald C. Dearborn, Florentino de Lope, Adrian S. Di Giacomo, Valery C. Dombrovski, Hugh Drummond, Michael J. Dunn, Tapio Eeva, Louise M. Emmerson, Yngve Espmark, Juan A. Fargallo, Sergey I. Gashkov, Elena Yu. Golubova, Michael Griesser, Michael P. Harris, Jeffrey P. Hoover, Zuzanna Jagielio, Patrik Korell, Janusz Kloskowski, Walter D. Koenig, Heikki Kolunen, Magorzata Korczak-Abshire, Erkki Korpimaeki, Indrikis Krams, Milos Krist, Sonja C. Kruger, Boris D. Kuranov, Xavier Lambin, Michael P. Lombardo, Andrey Lyakhov, Alfonso Marzal, Anders P. Moller, Veronica C. Neves, Jan Tottrup Nielsen, Alexander Numerov, Beata Orlowska, Daniel Oro, Markus oest, Richard A. Phillips, Hannu Pietiaeinen, Vicente Polo, Jiri Porkert, Jaime Potti, Hannu Poeysae, Thierry Printemps, Jouke Prop, Petra Quillfeldt, Jaime A. Ramos, Pierre-Alain Ravussin, Robert N. Rosenfield, Alexandre Roulin, Dustin R. Rubenstein, Irina E. Samusenko, Denis A. Saunders, Michael Schaub, Juan C. Senar, Fabrizio Sergio, Tapio Solonen, Diana V. Solovyeva, Janusz Stepniewski, Paul M. Thompson, Marcin Tobolka, Janos Toeroek, Martijn van de Pol, Louis Vernooij, Marcel E. Visser, David F. Westneat, Nathaniel T. Wheelwright, Jaroslaw Wiacek, Karen L. Wiebe, Andrew G. Wood, Andrzej Wuczynski, Dariusz Wysocki, Marketa Zarybnicka, Antoni Margalida, Konrad Halupka
Summary: Climate change has different effects on the annual reproductive output of bird species, with some populations experiencing a decline in offspring production while others show an increase. The study finds that changes in ecological and life history traits, as well as temperature, play a role in these variations. Migratory and larger-bodied species tend to produce fewer offspring with increasing temperatures, while smaller-bodied, sedentary species tend to produce more.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Zoology
L. Halupka, E. Klimczuk-Bereziuk
Summary: The cost-benefit approach assumes that parents can distract potential predators from their nest, but this assumption has little direct observational support, especially in small passerines. Here, we describe two observations of little bitterns appearing near nests of Eurasian reed warblers with nestlings and eggs. In both cases, parental birds showed anti-predatory behavior, which was more vigorous during the nestling stage than the egg stage. During both observations, the heron eventually flew away without attacking the nest content, indicating that nest defense behavior in small passerines may be effective.
EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Zoology
J. Stepniewski, L. Halupka, B. Czyz
Summary: Egg size is crucial for the weight and survival of little bittern offspring, but the causes of egg variation are not fully understood. The population of little bitterns in western Poland lays larger eggs and clutches compared to others. Data comparison from different populations shows that egg volume increases significantly with latitude and is positively correlated with clutch size.
EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Ornithology
Lucyna Halupka, Kaja Wierucka, Hanna Sztwiertnia, Ewelina Klimczuk
JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Ornithology
Grzegorz Orlowski, Lucyna Halupka, Przemyslaw Pokorny, Ewelina Klimczuk, Hanna Sztwiertnia, Wojciech Dobicki, Ryszard Polechonski
JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
(2017)