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Breeding flexibility helps migratory songbirds adjust to climate warming
2015-11-12 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurekAlert: Phenological mismatches, or a mistiming between creatures and the prey and plants they eat, is one of the biggest known impacts of climate change on ecological systems. But a Dartmouth-led study finds that one common migratory songbird has a natural flexibility in its breeding time that has helped stave off mismatches, at least for now. The results suggest this flexibility provides a buffer against climate warming for the black-throated blue warbler in eastern North America and potentially for...
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