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., 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., River Gates, H., 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: Life Science; Arctic; Climate change
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/comment-on-global-pattern-of-nest-predation-is-disrupted-by-clima; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw8529

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.