North American bird occupancy dynamics attributed to climate and land use change
Katrin Schifferle, Natalie J. Briscoe, Guillermo Fandós, Stefanie Heinicke, Christopher Reyer, Inga Sauer, Mark C. Urban, Damaris Zurell
This study attributes changes in North American bird occupancy to climate and land use change using counterfactual simulations and Bayesian models, finding climate change negatively affected 90% of species and land use change 96%.
bioRxiv · Aug 25, 2026 · PreprintEcology