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ArticleNature ecology & evolution2026

Storm-induced mass mortality results in both immediate and long-term consequences for a migratory songbird.

Maria Stager, Phred M Benham, Nathan R Senner, Robert R Fitak, Kay Denmead, R Keith Andringa, Jacquelyn K Grace, Donna L Dittmann, Joe Siegrist, Anna M Forsman

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Article in Nature ecology & evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Maria StagerDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA. mstager@umass.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5635-580X
Phred M BenhamDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3276-6177
Nathan R SennerDepartment of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
Robert R FitakGenomics and Bioinformatics Cluster, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7398-6259
Kay DenmeadDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-9912-3759
R Keith AndringaEcology and Evolutionary Biology Interdisciplinary Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Jacquelyn K GraceEcology and Evolutionary Biology Interdisciplinary Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Donna L DittmannMuseum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Joe SiegristPurple Martin Conservation Association, Erie, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4381-0623
Anna M ForsmanGenomics and Bioinformatics Cluster, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5942-4671

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extreme weather events are occurring more often, resulting in increasingly frequent mass mortality events for plants and animals. Identifying why individuals die during these events and their long-term consequences for populations can enable a mechanistic understanding of species' vulnerability to global change. Here we report on early-arriving purple martins (Progne subis)-a migratory songbird-that were killed at >50% of their breeding sites across two US states during a severe winter storm event in 2021. Victims exhibited substantial allelic differences from individuals sampled before and after the storm event. The surviving population suffered delayed breeding, reproductive failure and, in 2022, late breeding-ground arrival. Phenological trait values returned to the mean by 2024, yet the population may be unlikely to recover demographically until at least 2027. Purple martins are markedly declining in the region and signatures of past events suggest that frequent mass mortality events may be challenging their resiliency.

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