'Early Birds' Adapt To Climate Change
Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 17:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Individual birds can adjust their behavior to take climate change in their stride, according to a study by scientists from the University of Oxford. A study of the great tit population in Wytham Woods, near Oxford, has shown that the birds are now laying their eggs, on average, two weeks earlier than half a century ago.