Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change

Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Mar 8:S0169-5347(24)00056-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.010. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrevious studies demonstrated decreasing body size of birds in response to rising temperatures. Recently, Neate-Clegg et al. documented that birds have been becoming larger in an Afromontane forest over four decades. This highlights the complexity of morphological responses to climate, the importance of context, and the need to study phenomena in a diversity of regions.PMID:38461120 | DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.010

Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution - March 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Natalia Ocampo-Pe ñuela Source Type: research