Global warming affects many processes in biological ecosystems. Different species of flora and fauna change their habitats and geographical areas according to climate change and specific geographical environments. Areas of occurrence of specific species, for example insects in terrestrial areas and fish and arthropods in the seas and oceans, change. Bird habitats change, so migrations of some bird species may also be subject to modification. In the situation when forest areas dry out and turn into steppes and deserts, changes in natural habitats and areas of occurrence of species change and concern simultaneously many species of flora and fauna.
Hi there are a lot of papers on this topic and also a couple of books. If you search on researchgate you might find many of them.
Concerning response of birds to climate change, it depends from species and geographic area. Some birds advance the migration, others delay it. There are species shortening their migration too.
Migration is a naturally characteristic for any living organism on this earth. Specially migration due to climate change is for survival of life. Migratory species require suitable conditions throughout their annual cycle: on their breeding grounds, in their non-breeding range, and along migratory routes between the two. Climate change is likely to impact migratory birds in a number of different ways. Increased storm frequency, lowered water tables, higher drought frequency, sea level rise and habitat shifts resulting from climate change could all have a dramatic impact on migratory birds.
I agree with aforementioned text. There are many impacts of global warming over bird migration, such as: changes in behavior, distribution, morphology, and fitness. For example, some birds have advanced the timing of their migration by an average of just a week the last 3 decades. In addition, there is evidence that some different migration changes occur in different locations du to climate change. Some Canadian birds changed less their habits than their European counterparts.
There is plenty of literature about this topic, which is very interesting!!!!
Migratory species require suitable conditions throughout their annual cycle: on their breeding grounds, in their non-breeding range, and along migratory routes between the two. Climate change has the potential to disrupt conditions in all three stages.
Due to climate change some migratory birds do not migrate anymore. In Europe some birds fly only as far as South Spain. Mistiming is also an issue, when they can not calculate the right time of departure anymore.