The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis

Lucyna  Hałupka; Debora  Arlt; Jere  Tolvanen; Alexandre Millon; Pierre Bize; Peter Adamik; Pascal  Albert; Wayne J.  Arendt; Alexandr  Artemyev; Vittorio  Baglione; Jerzy  Banbura; Mirosława  Bańbura; Emilio Barba; Robert T. Barrett; Peter H. Becker; Eugen  Belskii; Mark Bolton; Emerson Keith  Bowers; Joel Bried; Lyanne  Brouwer; Monika  Bukacińska; Dariusz  Bukaciński; Lesley P  Bulluck; Kate F.   Carstens; Inês  Catry; Motti  Charter; Anna  Chernomorets; Rita  Covas; Monika  Czuchra; Donald C Dearborn; Florentino  de Lope; Adrian S  Di Giacomo; Valery C.   Dombrovski; Hugh Drummond; Michael J  Dunn; Tapio Eeva; Louise Emmerson; Yngve O.  Espmark; Juan A. Fargallo; Sergey  Gashkov; Elena Yu.  Golubova; Michael Griesser; Mike Harris; Jeffrey P  Hoover; Zuzanna  Jagiello; Patrik  Karell; Janusz  Kloskowski; Walter D  Koenig; Heikki  Kolunen; Malgorzata  Korczak-Abshire; Erkki Korpimäki; Indrikis  Krams; Miloš  Krist; Sonja C.  Krüger; Boris D.  Kuranov; Xavier Lambin; Michael P.  Lombardo; Andrey  Lyakhov; Alfonso  Marzal; Anders  Pape Møller; Verónica  Neves; Jan Tottrup  Nielsen; Alexander  Numerov; Beata  Orłowska; Daniel Oro; Markus  Öst; Richard A Phillips; Hannu Pietiäinen; Vicente  Polo; Jiri  Porkert; Jaime Potti; Hannu  Pöysä¤; Thierry  Printemps; Jouke  Prop; Petra  Quillfeldt; Jaime Albino Ramos; Pierre-Alain  Ravussin; Robert N  Rosenfield; Alexandre Roulin; Dustin R  Rubenstein; Irina E.  Samusenko; Denis A  Saunders; Michael P. Schaub; Juan Carlos  Senar; Fabrizio  Sergio; Tapio  Solonen; Diana  Solovyeva; Janusz  Stępniewski; Paul Thompson; Marcin  Tobółka; János Török; Louis  Vernooij; Marcel E Visser; David F Westneat; Nathaniel T Wheelwright; Jarosław  Wiącek; Karen L  Wiebe; Andrew G Wood; Andrzej  Wuczyński; Dariusz  Wysock; Markéta  Zárybnická; Antoni Margalida; Konrad  Halupka

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The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis

Lucyna Hałupka ^* (Corresponding Author), Debora Arlt, Jere Tolvanen , Alexandre Millon, Pierre Bize, Peter Adamik, Pascal Albert, Wayne J. Arendt , Alexandr Artemyev , Vittorio Baglione , Jerzy Banbura, Mirosława Bańbura , Emilio Barba, Robert T. Barrett, Peter H. Becker, Eugen Belskii, Mark Bolton, Emerson Keith Bowers , Joel Bried, Lyanne BrouwerMonika Bukacińska, Dariusz Bukaciński , Lesley P Bulluck , Kate F. Carstens, Inês Catry, Motti Charter , Anna Chernomorets , Rita Covas , Monika Czuchra, Donald C Dearborn, Florentino de Lope, Adrian S Di Giacomo , Valery C. Dombrovski, Hugh Drummond, Michael J Dunn, Tapio Eeva, Louise Emmerson, Yngve O. Espmark, Juan A. Fargallo, Sergey Gashkov, Elena Yu. Golubova , Michael Griesser, Mike Harris, Jeffrey P Hoover , Zuzanna Jagiello, Patrik Karell, Janusz Kloskowski , Walter D Koenig , Heikki Kolunen , Malgorzata Korczak-Abshire , Erkki Korpimäki, Indrikis Krams , Miloš Krist, Sonja C. Krüger , Boris D. Kuranov , Xavier Lambin, Michael P. Lombardo, Andrey Lyakhov , Alfonso Marzal , Anders Pape Møller , Verónica Neves, Jan Tottrup Nielsen, Alexander Numerov, Beata Orłowska , Daniel Oro, Markus Öst, Richard A Phillips, Hannu Pietiäinen, Vicente Polo, Jiri Porkert, Jaime Potti, Hannu Pöysä¤ , Thierry Printemps , Jouke Prop, Petra Quillfeldt, Jaime Albino Ramos, Pierre-Alain Ravussin , Robert N Rosenfield, Alexandre Roulin, Dustin R Rubenstein , Irina E. Samusenko , Denis A Saunders, Michael P. Schaub, Juan Carlos Senar, Fabrizio Sergio, Tapio Solonen , Diana Solovyeva , Janusz Stępniewski , Paul Thompson, Marcin Tobółka , János Török, Louis Vernooij, Marcel E Visser, David F Westneat, Nathaniel T Wheelwright, Jarosław Wiącek, Karen L Wiebe , Andrew G Wood, Andrzej Wuczyński, Dariusz Wysock, Markéta Zárybnická, Antoni Margalida, Konrad Halupka

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Abstract

Climate change affects timing of reproduction in many bird species, but few studies have investigated its influence on annual reproductive output. Here, we assess changes in the annual production of young by female breeders in 201 populations of 104 bird species (N = 745,962 clutches) covering all continents between 1970 and 2019. Overall, average offspring production has declined in recent decades, but considerable differences were found among species and populations. A total of 56.7% of populations showed a declining trend in offspring production (significant in 17.4%), whereas 43.3% exhibited an increase (significant in 10.4%). The results show that climatic changes affect offspring production through compounded effects on ecological and life history traits of species. Migratory and larger-bodied species experienced reduced offspring production with increasing temperatures during the chick-rearing period, whereas smaller-bodied, sedentary species tended to produce more offspring. Likewise, multi-brooded species showed increased breeding success with increasing temperatures, whereas rising temperatures were unrelated to reproductive success in single-brooded species. Our study suggests that rapid declines in size of bird populations reported by many studies from different parts of the world are driven only to a small degree by changes in the production of young.

Original language	English
Article number	e2208389120
Journal	PNAS
Volume	120
Issue number	19
Early online date	1 May 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2208389120
Publication status	Published - 9 May 2023

Bibliographical note

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We are grateful to our collaborators who worked with us and collected field data. The list of principal collaborators and institutions is published in SI Appendix, Table S6. We thank Heather Renner for the informa-tion about the data collected by Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. We sincerely appreciate valuable comments and suggestions made by two reviewers, which helped us in improving the manuscript. This meta-analysis was financed by the grant of the Polish National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) (no. 2017/27/B/NZ8/00465) awarded to Lucyna Hałupka.

Data Availability Statement

Data, Materials, and Software Availability. All data and R scripts relevant to the article are available at Figshare (61). Other study data are included in the article and/or SI Appendix, Tables S1–S3

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Biological Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Climate Change
Birds
Offspring Production
Meta-Analysis

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Hałupka , L., Arlt, D., Tolvanen , J., Millon, A., Bize, P., Adamik, P., Albert, P., Arendt , W. J., Artemyev , A., Baglione , V., Banbura, J., Bańbura , M., Barba, E., Barrett, R. T., Becker, P. H., Belskii, E., Bolton, M., Bowers , E. K., Bried, J., ... Halupka, K. (2023). The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis. PNAS, 120(19), Article e2208389120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2208389120

Hałupka , L, Arlt, D, Tolvanen , J, Millon, A, Bize, P, Adamik, P, Albert, P, Arendt , WJ, Artemyev , A, Baglione , V, Banbura, J, Bańbura , M, Barba, E, Barrett, RT, Becker, PH, Belskii, E, Bolton, M, Bowers , EK, Bried, J, Brouwer, L, Bukacińska, M, Bukaciński , D, Bulluck , LP, Carstens, KF, Catry, I, Charter , M, Chernomorets , A, Covas , R, Czuchra, M, Dearborn, DC, de Lope, F, Di Giacomo , AS, Dombrovski, VC, Drummond, H, Dunn, MJ, Eeva, T, Emmerson, L, Espmark, YO, Fargallo, JA, Gashkov, S, Golubova , EY, Griesser, M, Harris, M, Hoover , JP, Jagiello, Z, Karell, P, Kloskowski , J, Koenig , WD, Kolunen , H, Korczak-Abshire , M, Korpimäki, E, Krams , I, Krist, M, Krüger , SC, Kuranov , BD, Lambin, X, Lombardo, MP, Lyakhov , A, Marzal , A, Pape Møller , A, Neves, V, Nielsen, JT, Numerov, A, Orłowska , B, Oro, D, Öst, M, Phillips, RA, Pietiäinen, H, Polo, V, Porkert, J, Potti, J, Pöysä¤ , H, Printemps , T, Prop, J, Quillfeldt, P, Ramos, JA, Ravussin , P-A, Rosenfield, RN, Roulin, A, Rubenstein , DR, Samusenko , IE, Saunders, DA, Schaub, MP, Senar, JC, Sergio, F, Solonen , T, Solovyeva , D, Stępniewski , J, Thompson, P, Tobółka , M, Török, J, Vernooij, L, Visser, ME, Westneat, DF, Wheelwright, NT, Wiącek, J, Wiebe , KL, Wood, AG, Wuczyński, A, Wysock, D, Zárybnická, M, Margalida, A & Halupka, K 2023, 'The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis', PNAS, vol. 120, no. 19, e2208389120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2208389120

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The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis

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