Bird species and climate change
By: [this report was prepared by Janice Wormworth, Karl Mallon]
Contributors: Mallon, Karl; World Wide Fund for Nature; United States. Forest Service. Northeastern Research Station
Publisher: Climate Risk Pty Limited (Australia); Climate Risk Europe Limited
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Brisbane, Australia; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780646468273
Subjects: Birds; Climatic factors; Geographical distribution; Biogeography; Climatic changes
Description: Bird Species and Climate Change reviews more than 200 scientific articles on birds in every continent to build up a global picture of climate change impacts. The report identifies groups of birds at high risk from climate change: migratory, mountain, island, wetland, Arctic, Antarctic and seabirds. While bird species that can move and adapt easily to different habitat are expected to continue to do well, bird species that thrive only in a narrow environmental range are expected to decline, and to be outnumbered by invasive species. The report also shows that birds suffer from climate change effects in every part of the globe. Scientists have found declines of up to 90 per cent in some bird populations, as well as total and unprecedented reproductive failure in others. Scientists also analyzed available projections of future impacts, including bird species extinction. They found that bird extinction rates could be as high as 38 per cent in Europe, and 72 per cent in northeastern Australia.
Notes: Title from title screen viewed Dec. 5, 2006.

"The Global Status Report: a synthesis of current scientific understanding of anthropogenic climate change impacts on global bird species now, and projected future effects."

"A report to: World Wide Fund for Nature"--T.p. verso.

"A Climate Risk Report"

Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche on shipping list no.: 2005-0094-M.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text (electronic publication).

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