Climate Effects on Heat, Drought, Monsoons, and Bird Population Trends in the Southwest 

Climate change is considered a major driver of recent avian population declines, particularly in the drought-stricken southwestern United States. Predicting how bird populations will respond requires understanding the climatic drivers influencing population density across the region’s diverse habitats. In this webinar from the Southwest Foresters for the Birds, Harrison Jones of The Institute for Bird Populations discusses his research modeling breeding-season densities of 50 bird species in relation to spring and summer drought and the timing of North American monsoon rainfall.
Learn more! This presentation is based on a publication from The Institute for Bird Populations: birdpop.org/do...