Book release: Effects of Climate Change on Birds
A new book has been recently published by Oxford University Press addresses the impact of climate change on birds. Lluís Brotons has been involved in one of the chapters (number 18) in which the impact of climate change at the community scale has been reviewed. The chapter can be obtained from the author upon request.
The book synthesizes the literature on birds and climate change, suggesting future research directions. Provides extensive overviews of the implications of climate change at a range of scales (from individuals to communities) for migration, genetics, genomics, ecology, evolution, and conservation. It also includes a set of short, methodological chapters that tackle specific issues of analysis, illustrated with examples and key references. Finally, the book integrates contributions from the leading researchers in the field to provide a truly coherent and comprehensive approach to the topic.
Climate change affects all living organisms; it has done so in the past and will do so in the future. However, current climate change is exceptional both in terms of the rate of change and the impact of multiple types of global change on individuals, populations, species, and ecosystems.
Effects of Climate Change on Birds provides an exhaustive and up-to-date synthesis of the science of climate change as it relates to birds. Compared with any other class of animals, birds provide more long-term data and extensive time series (some dating back more than 100 years), a more geographically and taxonomically diverse source of information, and a longer tradition of extensive research. In fact this research record exceeds what is available in all other organisms combined.
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El canvi climàtic i els ocells
Un nou llibre ha estat recentment publicat en el que s’analitza el coneixement avui disponible sobre l’impacte del canvi climàtic en els ocells. Lluís Brotons ha estat involucrat en un dels capítols d’aquest llibre on s’analitza a manera de revisió els impactes del canvi climàtic sobre els ocells a escala de comunitat. El capítol es pot obtenir dels autors per correu electrònic.
Brotons, L. & Jiguet, F. 2010. Bird communities and climate change. In: A. P. Møller, W. Fielder and P. Berthold (eds) Effects of climate change on birds. Oxford University Press. Oxford.