Biophysical impacts of climate change on bird populations and migration in Lithuania |
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| Authors: | Mecislovas Zalakevicius |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Ecology, Akademijos 2, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents data obtained from studies of the dependence of different migratory processes - spring arrival, migratory
take-off, spring and autumn en route migration–upon climate change in Lithuania. The article confirms the impact of global
climate warming on different breeding bird species and populations, changes in their ranges and population state, and their
staging and wintering areas. The list of bird species which are shifting their ranges north-eastward or eastward in the Baltic
region under the influence of global warming is presented. It was established that the impact of global climate change upon
birds of terrestrial and wetland complexes is more evident than upon waterfowl. Attention is focussed on the practical importance
of the global climate change impact on environmental protection and different branches of the economy.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | bird arrival bird migration bird strike problem climate change environmental protection phenology population state |
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