ArticleOecologia2020
Population decline in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) linked to climate change and inclement weather on the breeding ground.
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- Divergent climate impacts despite similar response to temperature in a widespread aerial insectivore.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- The impact of weather conditions on avian breeding performance: insights from a long-term study.Frontiers in zoology · 2025Article
- Climate change reduces the tension of conflicting selection pressures on breeding date in a passerine bird.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Social foraging and the associated benefits of group-living in Cliff Swallows decrease over 40 years.Ecological monographs · 2024Article
- Survival fluctuation is linked to precipitation variation during staging in a migratory shorebird.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Experimental manipulation of photoperiod influences migration timing in a wild, long-distance migratory songbird.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- The effects of four decades of climate change on the breeding ecology of an avian sentinel species across a 1,500-km latitudinal gradient are stronger at high latitudes.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Pre-fledging quality and recruitment in an aerial insectivore reflect dynamics of insects, wetlands and climate.Oecologia · 2021Article
- Temperature and land use influence tree swallow individual health.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
- The relative contribution of individual quality and changing climate as drivers of lifetime reproductive success in a short-lived avian species.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Birds advancing lay dates with warming springs face greater risk of chick mortality.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
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Abstract
Population decline and the threat of extinction are realities currently facing many species. Yet, in most cases, the detailed demographic data necessary to identify causes of population decline are unavailable. Using 43 years (1975-2017) of data from a box-nesting population of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), we identified reduced survival of offspring as a probable demographic cause of population decline. Poor fledging success was associated with increased predation and poor weather conditions during early nestling development. Low juvenile survival and subsequent recruitment was linked to poor weather conditions during the post-fledging period and may also be linked to conditions on the wintering grounds. Regional weather conditions during critical stages of breeding (early nestling and post-fledging) have become progressively worse over the 43-year study period. None of the other factors linked to offspring survival have similarly deteriorated. Overall, our results suggest tree swallows should be added to the growing list of species challenged by climate change, and that other species of aerial insect specialists may face similar impacts of climate change.
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