Comment on “Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds”
Author(s) -
Martin Bulla,
Jeroen Reneerkens,
Emily L. Weiser,
Aleksandr Sokolov,
Audrey R. Taylor,
Benoît Sittler,
Brian J. McCaffery,
Daniel R. Ruthrauff,
Daniel H. Catlin,
David C. Payer,
David H. Ward,
Diana Solovyeva,
Eduardo S. A. Santos,
Eldar Rakhimberdiev,
Erica Nol,
Eunbi Kwon,
Glen S. Brown,
Glenda D. Hevia,
H. River Gates,
James A. Johnson,
Jan A. van Gils,
Jannik Hansen,
Jean-François Lamarre,
Jennie Rausch,
Jesse R. Conklin,
Joe Liebezeit,
Joël Bêty,
Johannes Lang,
José A. Alves,
Juan FernándezElipe,
KlausMichael Exo,
Loı̈c Bollache,
Marcelo Bertellotti,
MarieAndrée Giroux,
Martijn van de Pol,
Matthew D. Johnson,
Megan L. Boldenow,
Mihai Vâlcu,
Mikhail Soloviev,
Natalia Sokolova,
Nathan R. Senner,
Nicolas Lecomte,
Nicolas Meyer,
Niels Martin Schmidt,
Olivier Gilg,
Paul A. Smith,
Paula Machín,
Rebecca L. McGuire,
Ricardo A. S. Cerboncini,
Richard Ottvall,
R.S.A. van Bemmelen,
Rose J. Swift,
Sarah T. Saalfeld,
Sarah E. Jamieson,
Stephen C. Brown,
Theunis Piersma,
Tomáš Albrecht,
Verónica L. D’Amico,
Richard B. Lanctot,
Bart Kempenaers
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.aaw8529
Subject(s) - predation , nest (protein structural motif) , climate change , arctic , ecology , the arctic , global warming , geography , biology , oceanography , biochemistry , geology
Kubelka et al. (Reports, 9 November 2018, p. 680) claim that climate change has disrupted patterns of nest predation in shorebirds. They report that predation rates have increased since the 1950s, especially in the Arctic. We describe methodological problems with their analyses and argue that there is no solid statistical support for their claims.
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