Besides sea level rise, increasing westerly storms, that are expected as a result of climate change, will lead to a decline in food availability for wading birds, like red knots, in the #WaddenSea. New paper by @timokeuning.bsky.social for @bou.org.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Storm events will simultaneously reduce foraging opportunities and affect movements of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) in the intertidal Wadden Sea | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Timo Keuning, Evy Gobbens, Ran Nathan, Allert I. Bijleveld | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Free-living Black-tailed Godwits maintain constant intake rates across varying grassland habitat conditions by adjusting their foraging behaviour | doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... Renée Veenstra et al | #ornithology 🪶