Ducks change wintering patterns due to changing climate in the important wintering waters of the Odra River Estuary
Some species of birds react to climate change by reducing the distance they travel during migration. The Odra River Estuary in the Baltic Sea is important for wintering waterfowl and is where we investigated how waterbirds respond to freezing surface waters. The most abundant birds here comprise two...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7ddd69aa4ff04f899742192262542d61 2024-01-07T09:42:18+01:00 Ducks change wintering patterns due to changing climate in the important wintering waters of the Odra River Estuary Dominik Marchowski Łukasz Jankowiak Dariusz Wysocki Łukasz Ławicki Józef Girjatowicz 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3604 https://doaj.org/article/7ddd69aa4ff04f899742192262542d61 EN eng PeerJ Inc. https://peerj.com/articles/3604.pdf https://peerj.com/articles/3604/ https://doaj.org/toc/2167-8359 doi:10.7717/peerj.3604 2167-8359 https://doaj.org/article/7ddd69aa4ff04f899742192262542d61 PeerJ, Vol 5, p e3604 (2017) Winter range shift Ice coverage sensitivity Greater Scaup Common Pochard Tufted Duck Eurasian coot Medicine R Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3604 2023-12-10T01:53:36Z Some species of birds react to climate change by reducing the distance they travel during migration. The Odra River Estuary in the Baltic Sea is important for wintering waterfowl and is where we investigated how waterbirds respond to freezing surface waters. The most abundant birds here comprise two ecological groups: bottom-feeders and piscivores. Numbers of all bottom-feeders, but not piscivores, were negatively correlated with the presence of ice. With ongoing global warming, this area is increasing in importance for bottom-feeders and decreasing for piscivores. The maximum range of ice cover in the Baltic Sea has a weak and negative effect on both groups of birds. Five of the seven target species are bottom-feeders (Greater Scaup Aythya marila, Tufted Duck A. fuligula, Common Pochard A. ferina, Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula and Eurasian Coot Fulica atra), and two are piscivores (Smew Mergellus albellus and Goosander Mergus merganser). Local changes at the level of particular species vary for different reasons. A local decline of the Common Pochard may simply be a consequence of its global decline. Climate change is responsible for some of the local changes in the study area, disproportionately favoring some duck species while being detrimental to others. Article in Journal/Newspaper Aythya marila greater scaup Mergellus albellus smew Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles PeerJ 5 e3604 |
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Some species of birds react to climate change by reducing the distance they travel during migration. The Odra River Estuary in the Baltic Sea is important for wintering waterfowl and is where we investigated how waterbirds respond to freezing surface waters. The most abundant birds here comprise two ecological groups: bottom-feeders and piscivores. Numbers of all bottom-feeders, but not piscivores, were negatively correlated with the presence of ice. With ongoing global warming, this area is increasing in importance for bottom-feeders and decreasing for piscivores. The maximum range of ice cover in the Baltic Sea has a weak and negative effect on both groups of birds. Five of the seven target species are bottom-feeders (Greater Scaup Aythya marila, Tufted Duck A. fuligula, Common Pochard A. ferina, Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula and Eurasian Coot Fulica atra), and two are piscivores (Smew Mergellus albellus and Goosander Mergus merganser). Local changes at the level of particular species vary for different reasons. A local decline of the Common Pochard may simply be a consequence of its global decline. Climate change is responsible for some of the local changes in the study area, disproportionately favoring some duck species while being detrimental to others. |
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Ducks change wintering patterns due to changing climate in the important wintering waters of the Odra River Estuary |
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