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| Great tits cope well with warming |
| 2008-05-11 |
| Great tit pix at link. At least one of Britain's birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food. Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs earlier in the spring than they used to, keeping step with the earlier emergence of caterpillars. Writing in the journal Science, they point out that the same birds in the Netherlands have not managed to adjust. Understanding why some species in some places are affected more than others by climatic shifts is vital, they say. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) commented that other species are likely to fare much worse than great tits as temperatures rise. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #6 A number of years ago my wife was doing a literature review for her disertation. In the journal Nature she ran across the following scientific study: Optimum clutch size in Great Tits. True, it was about birds, but you can guess where my mind went. |
| Posted by: Jim K 2008-05-11 20:05 |
| #5 Not so sure about the boobies, but the Puffins have returned to Greenland, OS. Of course, the boffins aren't doing well in England, and may become an endangered species. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-05-11 18:58 |
| #4 I reckon by association, the boobies are also doing well? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-05-11 18:46 |
| #3 Peckers also doing better with warming. |
| Posted by: Woody 2008-05-11 15:51 |
| #2 It's Sunday. The graphics guy is at his mothers' house. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-05-11 15:31 |
| #1 no graphic? |
| Posted by: Sninert Black9312 2008-05-11 15:21 |