Environmental News Network - New Study Finds European Breeding Birds Respond Slowly to Recent Climate Change

Details: By Durham University; 20.Jul

In a new study, leading scientists from our Department of Biosciences have found that local colonisation and extinction of European breeding birds are very weakly influenced by climate change.

Julie Swatson

In a new study, leading scientists from our Department of Biosciences have found that local colonisation and extinction of European breeding birds are very weakly influenced by climate change.

The research was funded in part by the National Environment Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation.

Changing Climatic Conditions

Over the last 30 years European breeding birds have shifted their range by, on average, 2.4km per year, according to new research.

However, these changes were significantly different from expectations based on changing climate and landcover during that period.

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New Study Finds European Breeding Birds Respond Slowly to Recent Climate Change