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 i...

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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, 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, 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:
Animals
Arctic Regions
Climate Change
Nesting Behavior
Predatory Behavior
Arctic
Climate change
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11370/198681d3-82e6-4acb-8cb7-bf25b5b7e96b
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/198681d3-82e6-4acb-8cb7-bf25b5b7e96b
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw8529
https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/85664862/eaaw8529.full.pdf
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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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