Spring arrival of birds depends on the North Atlantic Oscillation

By A. Vähätalo, Kalle Rainio, Aleksi Lehikoinen, E. Lehikoinen. 2004

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Patterns of change in timing of spring migration in North European songbird populations (2006, methodology): “Climatic conditions such as spring temperatures and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) have been shown to correlate with the migration of birds (e.g. Forchhammer et al. 2002, Vähätalo et al. 2004).”
What affects the magnitude of change in first arrival dates of migrant birds? (2005, background): “2003), and weather conditions (Vahatalo et al. 2004), but also in species recognition skills.”
Timing of spring migration in birds: long-term trends, North Atlantic Oscillation and the significance of different migration routes (2005, unknown): “Vähätalo et al. (2004) reported that, based on combined ringing and observation data from two Finnish bird observatories 1970 / 1999, the strongest effect of NAO is generally found in the migration phase containing the earliest 5% of the migrants.”
Winter climate affects subsequent breeding success of common eiders (2006, background): “This supports the widely held view that timing of bird spring migration is related to the climate (Forchhammer et al., 2002; Cotton, 2003; Lehikoinen et al., 2004; Vähätalo et al., 2004), and that spring arrival has advanced during recent decades (Cotton, 2003; Lehikoinen et al.”
Spring arrival response to climate change in birds: a case study from eastern Europe (2006, background): “Moreover, correlations were more negative for early than late phases of migration (Vähätalo et al. 2004).”
Birds: blowin’ by the wind? (2006, background): “Recent studies have analysed the effect of large-scale weather phenomena,such as the winter North Atlantic Oscillation index (NAO), on the timing of spring migration (Forchhammer et al. 2002; Hüppop and Hüppop 2003; Vähätalo et al. 2004).”
Climate change and timing of spring migration in the long-distance migrant Ficedula hypoleuca in central Europe: the role of spatially different temperature changes along migration routes (2006, background): “First and/or mean spring arrivals of the pied flycatcher in both, southern Finland and Rybachy, are furthermore correlated with the NAOI and/or mean local temperatures (Sokolov 2000; Sokolov and Kosarev 2003; Vähätalo et al. 2004; Sparks et al. 2005).”
Climatic responses in spring migration of boreal and arctic birds in relation to wintering area and taxonomy (2006, unknown): “NAO responses in relation to wintering area NAO responses were on average negative as observed earlier (Vähätalo et al. 2004) and this held also within wintering area groups at large.”
Examining the total arrival distribution of migratory birds (2005, background): “A small number of studies (e.g. Sokolov et al., 1998; Hüppop & Hüppop, 2003; Vähätalo et al., 2004) have overcome this problem by examining average dates at individual locations (either mean or median) that will be unaffected by population size or observer activity.”
Climate change and bird phenology: a long‐term study in the Iberian Peninsula (2006, background): “This is due to the great monitoring effort undertaken by specialists at a single site (e.g. 81 species in Vähätalo et al., 2004; 65 in Jenni & Kéry, 2003; 60 in Loxton et al., 1998; 46 in Gatter, 1992; 40 in Zalakevicius et al., 2006; 39 in Sparks & Mason, 2001).”
Intraspecific consistency and geographic variability in temporal trends of spring migration phenology among European bird species (2007, background): “…had in fact advanced their arrival date the most, regardless of the trend in a major climate pattern, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) (Jonzén et al. 2006), which is well known to affect the timing of spring arrival in birds (Hüppop & Hüppop 2003, Vähätalo et al. 2004, Stervander et al. 2005).”
Responses to climate change in avian migration time - microevolution versus phenotypic plasticity (2007, methodology): “This has been described several times previously in separate studies (e.g. Forchhammer et al. 2002, Hüppop & Hüppop 2003, Vähätalo et al. 2004, Stervander et al. 2005), but combining all of the data and using a formal meta-analysis framework provide even more certainty that climate change is…”
Variable shifts in spring and autumn migration phenology in North American songbirds associated with climate change (2009, background): “…for winter (December–February) in analyses of spring migration, and the average index for summer (June–August) in analyses of autumn migration, because previous studies have identified lagged effects of NAO on bird migration (Hüppop & Hüppop, 2003; Vähätalo et al., 2004; Jonzén et al., 2006).”
Phenotypic changes in spring arrival: evolution, phenotypic plasticity, effects of weather and condition (2007, background): “…in response to environmental alterations (Sokolov et al. 1998, Hüppop & Hüppop 2003, Sokolov & Kosarev 2003, Ahola et al. 2004, Anthes 2004, Vähätalo et al. 2004, Stervander et al. 2005, Croxton et al. 2006, Hüppop & Winkel 2006, Both & te Marvelde 2007, Saino et al. 2007, Sinelschikova et…”
Variation in climate warming along the migration route uncouples arrival and breeding dates (2004, background): “Daily counts consist of careful searches for all resting birds at important sites, standard routine censuses and ringing activities (Vähätalo et al., 2004).”
Why are bird migration dates shifting? A review of weather and climate effects on avian migratory phenology (2007, methodology): “The NAO has been evaluated in addition to other variables, such as temperature and precipitation, with only 8 studies exclusively using the NAO (Forchhammer et al. 2002, Hubálek 2003, 2004, Vähätalo et al. 2004, Stervander et al. 2005, Ahas & Aasa 2006, Jonzén et al. 2006, Rainio et al. 2006).”
Bird migration times, climate change, and changing population sizes (2008, background): “The SOI and NAOI terms indicate that arrival dates overall tend to occur earlier in years with positive SOI and NAOI values.”
Effects of climate change on European ducks: what do we know and what do we need to know? (2013, background): “…arrived earlier in Finland in spring during years with positiveNorthAtlantic Oscillation index values (hereafter NAO; positive values characterising mild and rainy winters in northern Europe), climate change is at least partly responsible for shifts in bird migration dates (Vähätalo et al. 2004).”