Changing Climate, Changing Birds with Dr. Jeremy Cohen

This is the Audubon Society of Central Arkansas's June monthly meeting.
Jeremy Cohen is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. His research connects global change biology and avian ecology, using big environmental and ecological datasets (including eBird data) and statistical modeling techniques to understand how birds are responding to extreme and unusual weather events, which have increased greatly in frequency and intensity over the past several decades. In his presentation, he will discuss how eastern North American birds have reacted to heat waves, droughts and a polar vortex and how these responses are predictable based on species' life history traits.