Bird migration and global change

Bird migration and global change: the birds and the issues

Global climate change

Global climate change and alteration of migratory bird habitats

Other global change threats to migratory bird habitats

Physical and biotic challenges to migratory bird responses

Northern hemisphere land birds: short-distance migrants

High-latitude land birds: nearctic-neotropical migrants

High-latitude species of land birds: palearctic long-distance migrants

Land birds of the temperate southern hemisphere

Tropical land birds

Raptors

Shorebirds

Waterfowl and other waterbirds

Oceanic birds: northern Atlantic, Baltic, and Mediterranean regions

Oceanic birds: North Pacific

Oceanic birds: southern hemisphere

Land birds: evolutionary adaptability

Waterbirds: evolutionary adaptability

Capacity for adjustment by migratory birds

Conservation in an era of global change

Appendix I: Common and scientific names of species discussed in the text.