CA LCC Project

Avian demographic response to climate change

Project Information

This project researched the expected variation in avian demographic responses to environmental change across a gradient of species and landscapes from the San Francisco Bay to the Central Valley of California. We used two avian taxa, waterfowl and songbirds, as case studies for the integration of long-term demographic data with climate change variables. For each taxon, we assessed and synthesized several demographic responses to climate change variables (i.e., precipitation and temperature) to explore the relationship between four large-scale climate indices and bird species arrival dates and nest survival.

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Full Proposal Title: 
Avian breeding demographic response to climate change: a multi-species and multi-landscape approach to synthesizing risk factors
Project Lead: 
Josh Ackerman, jackerman@usgs.gov; Mark Herzog, mherzog@usgs.gov
Status: 
Completed
Starting Date: 
2010-08
Ending Date: 
2011-06
Total LCC Funding: 
99925
Total Matching or In-Kind Funds: 
6262
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