Large reductions in tropical bird abundance attributable to heat extreme intensification

2025/08/11 by Maximilian Kotz, Tatsuya Amano, James E. M. Watson +1 · 1 voice · 6 citations
Environmental Science · #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Climate variability and models #Avian ecology and behavior

paper · doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02811-7

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• More intense human-caused heat extremes have reduced terrestrial bird abundance - in particular in the tropics - more than other human pressures #ornithology doi.org/10.1038/s415... [bsky, 9 points, 0 comments]