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Bottom-up pathways for arthropods and forest breeding birds in a southern Ontario forest

Year: 2024, 2024

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Walters, Benjamin James, Thesis advisor (ths): Nol, Erica, Degree committee member (dgc): Buttle, James M, Degree committee member (dgc): Watmough, Shaun A, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>Long-term avian population declines, particularly for the avian insectivore guild, are a conservation concern. With widespread and continuing population trends, climate change and its negative effects on avian food resources is a plausible cross-species driver. My goal was to evaluate whether bottom-up trophic effects of climate change could be influencing avian populations. I used a… more

Full Text: Bottom-up pathways for arthropods and forest breeding birds in a southern Ontario forest. A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …