Temporal Migration Shifts in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population of Whooping Cranes ( Grus americana ) Across North America

• Main Authors: Jorgensen, Joel G., Brown, Mary Bomberger
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2017
• Subjects: agriculture; Central Flyway; climate change; endangered species; Grus americana; migration phenology; palustrine wetlands; Whooping Crane; Environmental Sciences; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Other Environmental Sciences; Canada; Wood Buffalo
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natrespapers/642; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/natrespapers/article/1649/viewcontent/Brown_WATERBIRDS_2017_Temporal_migration_shifts.pdf

Birds are altering the phenology of critical life history events, including migration, in response to the effects of global climate change. Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) are one of the most critically endangered birds in the world. Their remnant population, referred to as the Aransas-Wood Buffalo...