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The Doñana Biological Station designs an application to find out how climate change affects the phenology of vegetation

Phenology is the science that studies the relationship between the cycles of living beings and climatic factors. Using vegetation indices, we can know how climate change may affect or alter these natural vegetation cycles.

An EBD study shows that human action negatively affects frugivorous birds in Doñana

A study led by the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) found that fruit-eating birds (frugivorous) in Doñana have experienced negative changes in the last 40 years: a decrease in their abundance, a lower fat reserve, and advances in their migratory timing.
? This could be due to vegetation shifts and increasing temperatures associated with climate change. Changes in the timing of migratory birds’ arrivals and departures can lead to a lack of synchronization between birds and fruit...

Different responses to climate change in resident and migratory birds

The adjustment to climate change and the differential effects of temperature on resident and migratory birds were studied using the start dates of the laying in ten long-term studies in nest-boxes in Europe with data on at least one species of resident tit and one species of migratory flycatcher.

Role of phenology in favoring or limiting biological invasions

Climate similarity favors biological invasion, but a match between seasonality in the novel range and the timing of life cycle events of the invader also influences the outcome of species introduction. Yet, phenology effects on invasion success have generally been neglected. Whether a phenological mismatch limits the non-native range of a globally successful invader, the Ring-necked parakeet, in Europe, was studied.

Oceanographic drivers and mistiming processes shape breeding success in a seabird

Understanding the processes driving seabirds' reproductive performance through trophic interactions requires the identification of seasonal pulses in marine productivity. In this study, it was investigated the sequence of environmental and biological processes driving the reproductive phenology and performance of the storm petrel in the Western Mediterranean.