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Rapid Advance of Spring Arrival Dates in Long-Distance Migratory Birds
Niclas Jonzén,1Andreas Lindén,2Torbjørn Ergon,4Endre Knudsen,4Jon Olav Vik,4Diego Rubolini,5Dario Piacentini,6Christian Brinch,4Fernando Spina,6Lennart Karlsson,7Martin Stervander,8Arne Andersson,8Jonas Waldenström,9Aleksi Lehikoinen,3Erik Edvardsen,10Rune Solvang,10Nils Chr. Stenseth4*
Several bird species have advanced the timing of their springmigration in response to recent climate change. European short-distancemigrants, wintering in temperate areas, have been assumed tobe more affected by change in the European climate than long-distancemigrants wintering in the tropics. However, we show that long-distancemigrants have advanced their spring arrival in Scandinavia morethan short-distance migrants. By analyzing a long-term dataset from southern Italy, we show that long-distance migrantsalso pass through the Mediterranean region earlier. We arguethat this may reflect a climate-driven evolutionary change inthe timing of spring migration.
1 Department of Theoretical Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden. 2 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Integrative Ecology Unit; Post Office Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FIN-00014, Helsinki University, Finland. 3 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Bird Ecology Unit; Post Office Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FIN-00014, Helsinki University, Finland. 4 Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Post Office Box 1066, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway. 5 Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, I-27100 Pavia, Italy. 6 Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica, via Ca' Fornacetta 9, I-40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy. 7 Falsterbo Bird Observatory, Fyren, SE-23940 Falsterbo, Sweden. 8 Ottenby Bird Observatory, Post Office Box 1500, SE-38065 Degerhamn, Sweden. 9 Section for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Kalmar University, SE-39182 Kalmar, Sweden. 10 Jomfruland Bird Observatory, Post Office Box 1076, N-3704 Skien, Norway.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: n.c.stenseth{at}bio.uio.no
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