Why Are California Birds Getting Bigger? - Wildlife Gardeners

Staff · 12-15-2011, 05:20 PM

Why Are California Birds Getting Bigger?
By Joel Shurkin
Published November 11, 2011 | Inside Science News Service

Why Are California Birds Getting Bigger? | Fox News
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Researchers said that the reason for the growth is believed to be climate change, but therein lies a mystery: The birds should be getting smaller as the climate warms, not bigger.

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"We expected them to show a decrease based on the first few studies," Goodman said of the California birds. "That left us with the puzzle of figuring out what was going on."

In the study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, Goodman and LeBuhn suggested two reasons for this exception...

bridget1964 · 12-17-2011, 03:22 PM

Very interesting!

Equilibrium · 12-19-2011, 01:02 PM

Only 2 reasons suggested for this exception>>>?

That's even more interesting than the study itself.

12-17-2011, 03:22 PM	#2
bridget1964 Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA	Very interesting! __________________ "Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson http://mslenahan.edublogs.org/

12-19-2011, 01:02 PM	#3
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	Only 2 reasons suggested for this exception>>>? That's even more interesting than the study itself. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

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