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The Lodge
About: The Lodge is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Biodiversity. The organization has 258 authors who have published 394 publications receiving 17100 citations.
Topics: Population, Biodiversity, Habitat, Woodland, Threatened species
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TL;DR: Temperature tended to have a greater overall impact on populations than precipitation, although the effects of increased precipitation varied strongly with latitude, being most positive at low latitudes.
Abstract: Despite increasing concerns about the vulnerability of species' populations to climate change, there has been little overall synthesis of how individual population responses to variation in climate differ between taxa, with trophic level or geographically. To address this, we extracted data from 132 long-term (greater than or equal to 20 years) studies of population responses to temperature and precipitation covering 236 animal and plant species across terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Our results identify likely geographical differences in the effects of climate change on populations and communities in line with macroecological theory. Temperature tended to have a greater overall impact on populations than precipitation, although the effects of increased precipitation varied strongly with latitude, being most positive at low latitudes. Population responses to increased temperature were generally positive, but did not vary significantly with latitude. Studies reporting significant climatic trends through time tended to show more negative effects of temperature and more positive effects of precipitation upon populations than other studies, indicating climate change has already impacted many populations. Most studies of climate change impacts on biodiversity have focused on temperature and are from middle to high northern latitudes. Our results suggest their findings may be less applicable to low latitudes.
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British Trust for Ornithology1, University of Cambridge2, Butterfly Conservation3, University of St Andrews4, The Lodge5, Open University6, Norwich University7, Scottish Natural Heritage8, University of Oxford9, Wildlife Trusts10, Public Health England11, University of Stirling12, Natural England13, Salisbury University14, Rothamsted Research15, University of Sussex16, Northern Ireland Environment Agency17
TL;DR: The ordered list of attributes developed in this study will assist in prioritizing resources to develop biodiversity monitoring programmes (including citizen science) and the potential conflict between end users of data and participants in data collection should be addressed by involving the diversity of stakeholders at all stages of programme development.
Abstract: Summary 1. Biodiversity is changing at unprecedented rates, and it is increasingly important that these changes are quantified through monitoring programmes. Previous recommendations for developing or enhancing these programmes focus either on the end goals, that is the intended use of the data, or on how these goals are achieved, for example through volunteer involvement in citizen science, but not both. These recommendations are rarely prioritized. 2. We used a collaborative approach, involving 52 experts in biodiversity monitoring in the UK, to develop a list of attributes of relevance to any biodiversity monitoring programme and to order these attributes by their priority. We also ranked the attributes according to their importance in monitoring biodiversity in the UK. Experts involved included data users,
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used abundance monitoring data to quantify changes in bird species distributions between two time periods, 2000-02 and 2010-12, and compared the observed shifts with those expected under perfect niche tracking.
Abstract: Aim: To quantify avian distribution shifts and the extent of niche tracking in response to changing temperature and precipitation patterns. Location: Sweden. Methods: We used abundance monitoring data to quantify changes in bird species distributions between two time periods, 2000-02 and 2010-12. First we examined shifts at the level of whole distributions using population centroids in temperature, rainfall, altitude, latitude and longitude. We then characterized shifts in temperature and latitude at different parts of species ranges using species response curves (SRC). We accounted for yearly turnover in abundance and sampling effort, and compared the observed shifts with those expected under perfect niche tracking. Results: Most species demonstrated changes in their distributions over the last decade but not all were in response to weather. The degree to which species tracked their climatic niches and the dynamics driving these shifts varied considerably. Only 20% of species shifted in the direction expected given the temperature changes, while few showed a strong response to rainfall. Most shifts did not fully compensate for changes in temperature. Range changes were most evident at the leading edges, but there was some evidence for retractions of trailing edges. Amongst species that tracked temperature, those with southerly distributions were less successful at tracking changes than those in the north. Main conclusions: Swedish birds demonstrated highly dynamic distributions, with many rapid directional shifts occurring over the last decade. However, only a few species kept pace with observed climatic change. Species that did not track their climatic niche may be tolerant to ongoing climatic change or constrained by strong habitat requirements. We demonstrate that measuring range shifts along both environmental and geographic gradients can help disentangle drivers of distribution changes.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors tested whether standard higher-tier AES agreements targeted at multiple species and with lower levels of advisory support than targeted species recovery programs can enhance the breeding densities of farmland birds.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Rhys E. Green | 78 | 285 | 30428 |
Richard D. Gregory | 61 | 165 | 18428 |
Deborah J. Pain | 46 | 99 | 6717 |
Jeremy D. Wilson | 45 | 123 | 12587 |
Richard B. Bradbury | 42 | 113 | 8062 |
Paul F. Donald | 41 | 117 | 11153 |
Geoff M. Hilton | 32 | 88 | 3323 |
David W. Gibbons | 32 | 52 | 8647 |
Norman Ratcliffe | 31 | 102 | 2526 |
Paul E. Bellamy | 30 | 76 | 3348 |
Mark Bolton | 30 | 94 | 3336 |
Ruud P. B. Foppen | 30 | 78 | 5560 |
Steffen Oppel | 29 | 121 | 2950 |
Shelley A. Hinsley | 29 | 82 | 3309 |
Arjun Amar | 29 | 122 | 3202 |