The affects of climate change on phenology and migrating birds
Deckel SC and Feldman R. 2016. The affects of climate change on phenology and migrating birds. Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park
From the abstract: "Understanding the relationship between climate change and phenology is important because it can affect food availability for birds that are migrating to their wintering grounds. We are concerned with when shrubs are flowering and fruiting, what the insect biomass is in each site, and relating this to what species of birds are migrating through the peninsula. We conduct fruit surveys and collect insect samples at 2 sites on the Schoodic Peninsula once a week from late July to early October. Our eight target fruit species are black huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata), shadbush (Amelanchier spp.), winterberry (Ilex verticillata), mountain holly (Ilex mucronata), wild raisin (Viburnum cassinoides), raspberry and blackberry (Rubus spp.), northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica), and American mountain ash (Sorbus americana). This study is currently still being researched, and data will be collected until mid-October. We predict the abundance of shrubs to be fruiting in early to mid-September based on the data that was collected in 2015."
- Type
- Poster
- Authors
- Deckel, Sarah; Feldman, Richard
- Date of Issue
- 2016-10-05
- Publisher
- Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- birds (Aves), Education, migration, phenology, Research & Studies