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DOI | 10.1111/ele.13434 |
Shared morphological consequences of global warming in North American migratory birds | |
Weeks B.C.; Willard D.E.; Zimova M.; Ellis A.A.; Witynski M.L.; Hennen M.; Winger B.M. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 1461023X |
卷号 | 23期号:2 |
英文摘要 | Increasing temperatures associated with climate change are predicted to cause reductions in body size, a key determinant of animal physiology and ecology. Using a four-decade specimen series of 70 716 individuals of 52 North American migratory bird species, we demonstrate that increasing annual summer temperature over the 40-year period predicts consistent reductions in body size across these diverse taxa. Concurrently, wing length – an index of body shape that impacts numerous aspects of avian ecology and behaviour – has consistently increased across species. Our findings suggest that warming-induced body size reduction is a general response to climate change, and reveal a similarly consistent and unexpected shift in body shape. We hypothesise that increasing wing length represents a compensatory adaptation to maintain migration as reductions in body size have increased the metabolic cost of flight. An improved understanding of warming-induced morphological changes is important for predicting biotic responses to global change. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS |
英文关键词 | Allometry; body size; climate change; migration; morphology |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Animalia; Aves; animal; bird; body size; climate change; greenhouse effect; population migration; season; temperature; Animal Migration; Animals; Birds; Body Size; Climate Change; Global Warming; Seasons; Temperature |
来源期刊 | Ecology Letters
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/120942 |
作者单位 | School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Dana Natural Resources Building, 440 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 49109, United States; Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Biological Sciences Building, 1105 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States; Gantz Family Collection Center, The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, United States |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Weeks B.C.,Willard D.E.,Zimova M.,et al. Shared morphological consequences of global warming in North American migratory birds[J],2020,23(2). |
APA | Weeks B.C..,Willard D.E..,Zimova M..,Ellis A.A..,Witynski M.L..,...&Winger B.M..(2020).Shared morphological consequences of global warming in North American migratory birds.Ecology Letters,23(2). |
MLA | Weeks B.C.,et al."Shared morphological consequences of global warming in North American migratory birds".Ecology Letters 23.2(2020). |
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