Effects of climate change on birds worsened by housing development

Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 11:00 in Earth & Climate

Although climate change may alter the distributions of many species, changes in land use may compound these effects. Now, a new study suggests that the effects of future housing development may be as great or greater than those of climate change for many bird species. In fact, some species projected to expand their distributions with climate change may actually lose ground when future development is brought into the picture.

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