Comment on “Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds”

Kubelka et al. (Reports, 9 November 2018, p. 680) claim that climate change has disrupted patterns of nest predation in shorebirds. They report that predation rates have increased since the 1950s, especially in the Arctic. We describe methodological problems with their analyses and argue that there...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Bulla, Martin, Reneerkens, Jeroen, Weiser, Emily L., Sokolov, Aleksandr, Taylor, Audrey R., Sittler, Benoît, McCaffery, Brian J., Ruthrauff, Dan R., Catlin, Daniel H., Payer, David C., Ward, David H., Solovyeva, Diana V., Santos, Eduardo S. A., Rakhimberdiev, Eldar, Nol, Erica, Kwon, Eunbi, Brown, Glen S., Hevia, Glenda D., Gates, H. River, Johnson, James A., van Gils, Jan A., Hansen, Jannik, Lamarre, Jean-François, Rausch, Jennie, Conklin, Jesse R., Liebezeit, Joe, Bêty, Joël, Lang, Johannes, Alves, José A., Fernández-Elipe, Juan, Exo, Klaus-Michael, Bollache, Loïc, Bertellotti, Marcelo, Giroux, Marie-Andrée, van de Pol, Martijn, Johnson, Matthew, Boldenow, Megan L., Valcu, Mihai, Soloviev, Mikhail, Sokolova, Natalya, Senner, Nathan R., Lecomte, Nicolas, Meyer, Nicolas, Schmidt, Niels Martin, Gilg, Olivier, Smith, Paul A., Machín, Paula, McGuire, Rebecca L., Cerboncini, Ricardo A. S., Ottvall, Richard, van Bemmelen, Rob S. A., Swift, Rose J., Saalfeld, Sarah T., Jamieson, Sarah E., Brown, Stephen, Piersma, Theunis, Albrecht, Tomas, D’Amico, Verónica, Lanctot, Richard B., Kempenaers, Bart
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
INVESTIGATOR DISTURBANCE
Arctic
Climate change
Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/9d12c3ff-0e1e-4f13-927e-5c80bb81f2af
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw8529
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067619129&partnerID=8YFLogxK
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6445/eaaw8529.abstract
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Summary:Kubelka et al. (Reports, 9 November 2018, p. 680) claim that climate change has disrupted patterns of nest predation in shorebirds. They report that predation rates have increased since the 1950s, especially in the Arctic. We describe methodological problems with their analyses and argue that there is no solid statistical support for their claims.

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