Michigan State University and the National Audubon Society are teaming up to help protect declining bird populations across North America.
With $1.3 million from a collaborative National Science Foundation grant, the team will develop statistical models fueled by four massive data sets to evaluate how climate change and land use are affecting hundreds of bird species.
Using this understanding, the team will develop forecasts about future responses of bird populations, enabling conservationists and wildlife managers to pinpoint where individual species may be most at risk and identify opportunities to protect these charismatic creatures and all that they do for us.
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A robin perched in a tree in Michigan State University’s Radiology Healing Gardens. (Photo Credit: Derrick L. Turner)