Climate Change and the Spatiotemporal Variation in Survival of a Long-Distance Migrant (White Stork, <i>Ciconia ciconia</i>) across Western Europe

The spatial variation in the strength of climate change may lead to different impacts on migratory birds using different breeding areas across a region. We used a long-term data series of White Stork ring recoveries to study the temporal and spatial variation of annual survival rates of White Stork...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Martín, Alejandro Onrubia, Miguel Ferrer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6004/2/4/27
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description The spatial variation in the strength of climate change may lead to different impacts on migratory birds using different breeding areas across a region. We used a long-term data series of White Stork ring recoveries to study the temporal and spatial variation of annual survival rates of White Stork across western Europe between 1960 and 2009 in relation to climatic and environmental conditions at their breeding and wintering grounds. White Stork survival was estimated from the Cormack–Jolly–Seber (CJS) model using a cohort-based analysis. Our results support that climate change has caused a gradual decline in the survival performance of western European White Storks during the study period. Both the shape and the strength of the relationship between climate warming and survival differ among different life-stages of the individual development, with juvenile White Storks more strongly affected. The decline in survival is particularly marked for those storks breeding in southern Europe. The large-scale effect of climatic conditions identified in this widespread long-distance migrant species represents a highly likely scenario for other migratory birds in Europe.
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spelling doaj.art-95ad6cc63ba749e192fe7bc69652e7cc2023-12-03T13:28:40ZengMDPI AGBirds2673-60042021-10-012436238010.3390/birds2040027Climate Change and the Spatiotemporal Variation in Survival of a Long-Distance Migrant (White Stork, <i>Ciconia ciconia</i>) across Western EuropeBeatriz Martín0Alejandro Onrubia1Miguel Ferrer2Fundación Migres, CIMA, N-340 km 85, E-11380 Tarifa, SpainFundación Migres, CIMA, N-340 km 85, E-11380 Tarifa, SpainApplied Ecology Group, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC, Avda. Américo Vespucio s/n, E-41092 Seville, SpainThe spatial variation in the strength of climate change may lead to different impacts on migratory birds using different breeding areas across a region. We used a long-term data series of White Stork ring recoveries to study the temporal and spatial variation of annual survival rates of White Stork across western Europe between 1960 and 2009 in relation to climatic and environmental conditions at their breeding and wintering grounds. White Stork survival was estimated from the Cormack–Jolly–Seber (CJS) model using a cohort-based analysis. Our results support that climate change has caused a gradual decline in the survival performance of western European White Storks during the study period. Both the shape and the strength of the relationship between climate warming and survival differ among different life-stages of the individual development, with juvenile White Storks more strongly affected. The decline in survival is particularly marked for those storks breeding in southern Europe. The large-scale effect of climatic conditions identified in this widespread long-distance migrant species represents a highly likely scenario for other migratory birds in Europe.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6004/2/4/27climate changemark-recaptureNDVItemperature anomalyCormack–Jolly–Seber
spellingShingle Beatriz Martín
Alejandro Onrubia
Miguel Ferrer
Climate Change and the Spatiotemporal Variation in Survival of a Long-Distance Migrant (White Stork, <i>Ciconia ciconia</i>) across Western Europe
Birds
climate change
mark-recapture
NDVI
temperature anomaly
Cormack–Jolly–Seber
title Climate Change and the Spatiotemporal Variation in Survival of a Long-Distance Migrant (White Stork, <i>Ciconia ciconia</i>) across Western Europe
title_full Climate Change and the Spatiotemporal Variation in Survival of a Long-Distance Migrant (White Stork, <i>Ciconia ciconia</i>) across Western Europe
title_fullStr Climate Change and the Spatiotemporal Variation in Survival of a Long-Distance Migrant (White Stork, <i>Ciconia ciconia</i>) across Western Europe
title_full_unstemmed Climate Change and the Spatiotemporal Variation in Survival of a Long-Distance Migrant (White Stork, <i>Ciconia ciconia</i>) across Western Europe
title_short Climate Change and the Spatiotemporal Variation in Survival of a Long-Distance Migrant (White Stork, <i>Ciconia ciconia</i>) across Western Europe
title_sort climate change and the spatiotemporal variation in survival of a long distance migrant white stork i ciconia ciconia i across western europe
topic climate change
mark-recapture
NDVI
temperature anomaly
Cormack–Jolly–Seber
url https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6004/2/4/27
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