LSCI 106: ONLINE RESEARCH 1: INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE RESEARCH
Student Project
Gayle Parker
RESEARCH QUESTION
"What effect
will global warming have on bird migration?"
Recent evidence of earlier bird migration and
nesting in some species seems to indicate early effects of global warming.
Scientists fear that in coming years climate change will alter vital bird
habitats, even pushing some localized species towards extinction. Warmer temperatures affect how birds
respond to the change in seasons, since 1960 some species fly north and are
arriving two or three weeks earlier and laying their eggs an average of 9 days
earlier today than in 1971.
While birds can adjust to warmer temperatures by flying to
more northern areas in any given year, the changing climate can effect a bird's
synchronization with its food supply.
The vegetation and insects birds rely on, may take decades or longer to
adjust. It is not known what the effects of global
climate change will have on birds, but with many, it will be significantly
negative. (Weidensaul)
GENERAL SEARCH WORKSHEET
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CONCEPT # |
Search Terms |
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Global Warming |
Earth's Temperature |
Climate Effects |
Atmospheric changes |
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2 |
bird* |
Avian* |
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3 |
Migrat* |
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WEBLIOGRAPHY
Boucher, Jennifer Jill, and Anthony W. Diamond. "The Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Birds." 30 June 2001. National Resources Canada. 29 November 2003.
<http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/app/filerepository/7DC7A18312F34A068AC41E5E0D677212.pdf>.
Butler C.J. "The
disproportionate effect of global warming on the arrival dates of
short-distance migratory birds in North America." Ibis (July 1992): 484-495. Blackwell Synergy. 29
November 2003.
<http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00193.x/abs/>.
"Global Warming
Knocks Animals and Birds out of Usual Routine." Outlook Online. February
2000. University of Maryland. 1 December 2003. <http://www.inform.umd.edu/outlook/2000-02-15/global.html>.
Price, Jeff Ph.D., and Patricia Glick, M.S. "The Bird Watcher's guide to Global Warming." The Plains, VA: American Bird Conservancy. 29 November 2003. <http://www.abcbirds.org/climatechange/birdwatchersguide.pdf>.
The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, whose mission is to conserve wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Their program on Climate Change investigates how bird distributions may be altered as the Earth warms. The program is supported by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which will use the information to help plan a response to the problem.
Schneider, S.H., and T.L. Root, ed. Wildlife Responses to Climate Change: North American Case Studies. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2002
Weidensaul, Scott. Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds. New York: North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999
Researching and writing Living on the Wind, took Scott more than six years, traveling more than 70,000 miles across North, Central and South America, from the Bering Strait in Alaska to the pampas of Argentina. The result challenges many of the myths about bird migration. The author of more than two dozen books on natural history, Weidensaul recently revised the bird study merit badge book for the Boy Scouts of America. He writes regularly for Smithsonian magazine, and his work has appeared in such publications as Natural History, International Wildlife, Orion, Bird Watcher's Digest, and Audubon. He lectures widely in the United States, and his photography and artwork have been published frequently in books and periodicals. He is a federally licensed bird bander in the Pennsylvania Appalachians where he lives.
Wyman, Richard L.
ed. Global Climate Change and Life
on Earth. New York:
Chapman and Hall, 1991. Kluwer Academic Publishers Online. <http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-412-02821-2>.
Youth, Howard. Winged Messengers: The Decline of Birds. Worldwatch Paper #165. 10 March 2003. Worldwatch Institute. <http://www.worldwatch.org/press/news/2003/03/10>.
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