Resilience of Birds in Changing Environments

Dear Colleagues,

I am very pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Birds highlighting research on resilience, robusticity, and recovery in wild birds, with an emphasis on comparing and contrasting native and invasive species. Given the multifaceted and global scope of ongoing environmental change, and the continuing development of new theoretical models of resilience, exploring the mechanisms through which native and invasive birds cope with change is both meaningful and timely. Birds’ scope has always included a range of multidisciplinary research relating to bird behavior, ecology, and physiology, including how birds adapt, or fail to adapt, to a changing world. Integrative models and studies of resilience, and particularly the differences between resilience functions in native and invasive species, will expand this focus and shine a light on a topic that is broadly interesting and important. 

This Special Issue aims to explore the mechanisms, means, and consequences of resilience, or the lack thereof, in both endemic and introduced species of birds. Both original research articles and reviews are welcome, with topics relating, but not limited to, stress responses, recovery, comparative demography, ecological consequences, adaptations that enable invasion, response to anthropogenic or environmental disruption, and competition between native and invasive species.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Jason Davis
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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