Date: November 22, 2017
Source: University of Adelaide
A major study looking at changes
in where UK birds have been found over the past 40 years has validated the
latest climate change models being used to forecast impacts on birds and other
animals.
Led by the University of
Adelaide, in collaboration with an international team of researchers, the
scientists compared forecasts from ecological models with observed changes to
the bird populations -- and found the latest models were working well.
"Models have been developed
in recent years to predict how the area where a bird species lives -- known as
its range -- will change as the climate does," says lead author Dr Damien
Fordham from the University of Adelaide's Environment Institute.
"The results show that the
enormous effort being invested into improving tools for forecasting the effect
of climate change on species range movement and extinctions is working.
"We are now a lot more
confident in what models should be used, and when, to provide a more accurate
picture of biodiversity loss from climate change. While this study was on UK
birds, we expect these results will also hold for many other birds and
animals."
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