BBC Nature News covers a review article published in Biological Conservation, reporting the findings of what the effect of Earth surface temperature rise could have on bird populations.
The Article warns that up to 900 species of tropical land birds around the world could become extinct by 2100, the researchers say, as species may struggle to adapt to habitat loss and extreme weather events.
The study, authored by Çağan H. Şekercioğlua, Richard B. Primack and Janice Wormworth looked at how manakins, of which there are 45 species in the neotropical region, would cope. Read more about this research, on BBC Nature, or within Biological Conservation directly.
Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Richard B. Primack, Janice Wormworth The effects of climate change on tropical birds, Biological Conservation, Volume 148, Issue 1, April 2012, Pages 1–18