Research staff from the UPV and the UV assess the impact of climate change on the productivity of the common reed warbler and the moustached warbler.
Research staff from the UPV and the UV assess the impact of climate change on the productivity of the common reed warbler and the moustached warbler.
Research staff from the Gandia Campus of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the Universitat de València have assessed the effects of climate change on the productivity of two species of passerine birds. The results reveal that extreme weather events such as increasingly warmer temperatures and more frequent torrential rains could compromise the conservation of the populations of these birds.
The work, published in the Bird Study scientific journal, is part of the PhD thesis that Pau Lucio, Associate Lecturer in the Animal Science Department at the Gandia Campus, is developing between the UPV and the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the University of Valencia.
The two species studied were the moustached warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) and the common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), both associated with wetlands on the Mediterranean coast.
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Image: The two species studied were the moustached warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) and the common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), both associated with wetlands on the Mediterranean coast. (Credit: UPV)
