Integrating broad‐scale data to assess demographic and climatic contributions to population change in a declining songbird

Abstract (from Ecology and Evolution) Climate variation and trends affect species distribution and abundance across large spatial extents. However, most studies that predict species response to climate are implemented at small spatial scales or are based on occurrence‐environment relationships that lack mechanistic detail. Here, we develop an integrated population model (IPM) for multi‐site count and capture‐recapture data for a declining migratory songbird, Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla), in three genetically distinct breeding populations in western North America. We include climate covariates of vital rates, including spring temperatures on the breeding grounds, drought on the wintering range in northwest...

Tags: Avian demography, Birds, Cardellina pusilla, Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship, National CASC, All tags... North American Breeding Bird Survey, Wildlife and Plants, climate variation, integrated population model, transient life table response experiment, Fewer tags

Integrated Population Model With Climate Covariates for Three Breeding Populations of Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)

Data files in this project were used in an integrated population model for three breeding populations of Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina pusilla). Data span the years 1992-2008. Data include counts from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS; https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBS/RawData/; wiwa_bbs.csv), adult capture histories (wiwa_ch.csv) and age-specific capture data (wiwa_pdat.csv) from the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship program (MAPS; http://www.birdpop.org/pages/maps.php), and covariate data derived from the ClimateNA (https://sites.ualberta.ca/~ahamann/data/climatena.html; wiwa_cmd_wt.csv and wiwa_tave_sp.csv) and National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) ⁄ National Center for Atmospheric...

Categories: Data; Tags: Birds, British Columbia, California, Cardellina pusilla, Chihuahua, All tags... ClimateNA, Durango, Jalisco, Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship, NCAR, NCEA, National CASC, Nayarit, Nevada, North American Breeding Bird Survey, Oregon, Sinaloa, Sonora, Southern Baja California, Washington, Wildlife and Plants, Wilson's Warbler, biota, climate, ecology, environment, ornithology, Fewer tags

Midwestern MAPS Stations

Distribution of Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program (www.birdpop.org/maps.htm). The regional outline includes states comprising USFWS Region 3 plus 250km buffer.

Tags: adults, birds, conservation, demographic monitoring, midwest, All tags... monitoring avian productivity and survivorship, ovenbird, usfws region 3, Fewer tags