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. 2012 Aug 29;2(10):2430–2437. doi: 10.1002/ece3.367

Table A1.

List of species included in this study and summary of the main results for each species. Migration distances come from Poole (2008). The observed phenological change is the slope of first capture date regressed against year, including only locally breeding adults (days year−1). The number of individuals is the number of adult birds for which estimates of temperature-induced plasticity were available. Estimated plasticity is the change in arrival time of individual birds for each 1°C change in mean temperature over the time interval specified, estimated from separate analyses of each species. Annual adult survival estimates are from Martin and Li (1992) indicated with A, or from the MAPS database indicated with M (http://www.birdpop.org/nbii/nbiihome.asp). Generation time is 1 + (s/(1−s), where s is annual survival (Lande et al. 2003; Stochastic population dynamics in ecology and conservation). Haldanes is the change in phenology not explained by plasticity induced by regional temperature change (SD units·generation−1). Directional selection differentials necessary to produce the observed microevolutionary response were calculated under two assumptions about heritability (h2 = 0.19, h2 = 0.54) (Møller 2001; Sheldon et al. 2003)

Estimated plasticity

Species Migr. distance Observed phenol. change No. indiv. Interval Days °C−1 Survival Generation time Haldanes Selection differentials
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Long -0.083 41 6 Mar–25 Apr −3.38 . . . .
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Short -6.71 16 20 Jan–19 Feb −0.014 . . . .
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Short -1.41 22 15 Jan–4 Feb 0.007 0.492M 1.97 0.007 0.037, 0.013
Red-eyed Vireo olivaceus Long 1.16 189 21 Mar–10 Apr 0.022 0.553A 2.24 0.008 0.042, 0.015
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Short 5.05 20 4 Feb–6 Mar −0.878 0.386M 1.63 -0.172 -0.905, -0.319
House Wren Troglodytes aedon Short 2.51 30 11 Mar–31 Mar −0.074 0.286A 1.40 -0.007 -0.037, -0.013
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Short -6.41 18 20 Jan–9 Feb −0.512 0.490A 1.96 -0.071 -0.374, -0.131
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Long -6.88 30 4 Feb–5 Apr −0.011 0.628A 2.69 -0.001 -0.005, -0.002
American Robin Turdus migratorius Short -3.99 68 1 Mar–20 Apr −0.168 0.600A 2.50 -0.019 -0.100, -0.035
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Long 1.58 149 6 Mar–26 Mar −0.119 0.577A 2.36 -0.027 -0.142, -0.050
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Long -1.43 45 20 Apr–10 May −0.142 . . . .
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Long 0.570 101 9 Feb–1 Mar 0.013 0.512A 2.05 0.004 0.021, 0.007
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Long 3.66 37 20 Jan–9 Feb 0.140 0.670A 3.03 0.042 0.221, 0.078
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Long -5.83 15 16 Mar–25 Apr −0.044 0.638A 2.76 -0.010 -0.053, -0.019
Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla Long -7.36 49 16 Mar–5 Apr −0.056 0.364M 1.57 -0.006 -0.032, -0.011
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Long -2.75 166 5 Apr–25 May −0.148 0.542A 2.18 -0.033 -0.174, -0.061
Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina Long 5.37 15 16 Mar–15 Apr −0.123 0.438M 1.78 -0.021 -0.111, -0.039
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Long 0.109 26 20 Apr–20 May −2.55 0.373M 1.59 0.031 0.163, 0.057
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Short -0.138 45 5 Apr–25 Apr 2.57 0.556A 2.25 -0.020 -0.105, -0.037
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Short -0.126 151 21 Mar–20 Apr −0.96 0.480M 1.92 -0.018 -0.095, -0.033
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Short 0.115 132 11 Mar–10 Apr −2.26 0.460A 1.85 0.019 0.010, 0.035
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Short 0.061 123 24 Feb–5 Apr −2.21 0.556A 2.25 0.008 0.042, 0.015
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Long -0.135 137 15 Apr–5 May −1.32 0.476A 1.91 -0.032 -0.168, -0.059
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Short -0.449 86 19 Feb–11 Mar −2.54 0.530A 2.13 -0.059 -0.311, -0.109
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Short -0.093 688 6 Mar–25 May −3.06 0.451M 1.82 -0.010 -0.053, -0.019
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Long 0.015 20 4 Feb–24 Feb −2.38 0.464M 1.87 0.007 0.037, 0.013
Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus Short 0.045 22 19 Feb–11 Mar −5.03 0.426M 1.74 0.008 0.042, 0.015