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

• 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

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.