Tuesday, 5 April 2016

Climate Predicts Bird Populations

According to an international study, population  of the most common bird species in Europe and the US are being altered by climate change.

For the first time researchers showed climate to be having a similar significant impact on bird population in large distant areas of the world. Their study used population-predicting models and three decades of field data, gathered by bird-watching volunteers..

Wren (c) Steve Willis/Durham University

Using annual climate records from 1980 to 2010 these models were able to predict where a species had experienced an improvement or a decline in suitable climate.

Source: Science

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