[MCN] American kestrels watching as farmers respond to climate change

[Lance Olsen]

Journal of Animal Ecology - Early Edition - Version of Record online: 
21 NOV 2016 |
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12604

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Earlier nesting by generalist predatory bird is associated with human 
responses to climate change
Shawn H. Smith, Karen Steenhof, Christopher J.W. McClure and Julie A. Heath

American kestrels, inhabiting a mosaic of habitats, nested earlier in 
response to earlier prey availability in agriculture, but not 
wildlands. Prey in agriculture were earlier because farmers planted 
crops earlier following warmer winters. This suggests an association 
between human adaptation to climate change and shifts in breeding 
phenology of wildlife.

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12604/full
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