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Migration timing responses to climate change differ between adult and juvenile white storks across Western Europe

2016; Inter-Research Science Center; Volume: 69; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/cr01390

1616-1572

Beatriz Martín, Alejandro Onrubia, Miguel Ferrer,

Climate variability and models

CR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials CR 69:9-23 (2016) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01390 Migration timing responses to climate change differ between adult and juvenile white storks across Western Europe Beatriz Martín1,*, Alejandro Onrubia1, Miguel Ferrer2 1Fundación Migres, Ctra. N-340 Km. 96.7, Huerta Grande, Pelayo, 11390 Algeciras, Spain 2Ethology and Biodiversity Conservation, Doñana Biological Station (CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Seville, Spain *Corresponding author: bmartin@fundacionmigres.org ABSTRACT: Our goal in this study was to identify age- and population-specific responses to climate change in the autumn migration phenology of a long-lived bird species, the white stork Ciconia ciconia, at the macroscale of its entire migration route in western Europe. We used a 40 yr data series of ring recoveries of adult (>1 yr) and juvenile (<1 yr) white storks to determine the date of autumn passage through the Strait of Gibraltar. We then modelled geographical variability in the timing of autumn migration between age classes across Europe from environmental conditions at the breeding grounds using age-specific generalized additive model (GAM) analysis. Best-fit models accounted for up to 31% of the variability in the data and indicated a progressively earlier passage date over the course of the 40 yr dataset. However, responses varied among populations and age classes. A trend towards earlier migration in juvenile storks was observed, whereas in adults the trend was highly variable between years. In addition, advances in autumn passage dates of juvenile birds were larger in southwestern Europe. Differences between white stork age classes in response to environmental conditions on the breeding grounds are likely caused by different mechanisms for migration adjustment governing adult and young bird behaviour. Overall, plasticity in adapting to new environmental conditions has allowed western European white storks to rapidly respond to, and even benefit from, recent climatic and environmental changes. KEY WORDS: Bottleneck · Global change · Long-term study · Phenotypic plasticity · Soaring bird · Spatial patterns · Temporal trends Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Martín B, Onrubia A, Ferrer M (2016) Migration timing responses to climate change differ between adult and juvenile white storks across Western Europe. Clim Res 69:9-23. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01390 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in CR Vol. 69, No. 1. Online publication date: May 30, 2016 Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572 Copyright © 2016 Inter-Research.