Alva Strand

PhD candidate in @Aero_Eco @OU_Biology | Avian migration | 🇺🇸, 🇳🇴, & 🇵🇪

[Alva Strand @aistrand]

6/6 #BOUsci23 #BREAK4

This study sheds light on the factors that shape aerial insectivores' ability to persist in the face of a changing climate.

Thank you to @CaseyYoungflesh and @Jeffrey_F_Kelly for an awesome collaboration!

[Alva Strand @aistrand]

1/6 #BOUsci23 #BREAK4

Over the past few decades, many species of birds have shifted their migration phenology in response to climate change.

These shifts vary in magnitude and direction across species, but the mechanisms responsible for this variation are poorly understood.

[Alva Strand @aistrand]

5/6 #BOUsci23 #BREAK4

We also found that seven of the ten species were significantly more sensitive in places that had become warmer between 2002 and 2019.

[Alva Strand @aistrand]

@the_dr_blue @PeerJLife Thanks, Claire!

[Alva Strand @aistrand]

My first first-authored article was published today in @PeerJLife as part of the Special issue "Innovative Uses of Remote Sensing in Biodiversity Conservation"! We designed a multi-sensor array to assess the impact of wind on spring avian migration!

https://t.co/Xl0e4j3F37

[Alva Strand @aistrand]

@cegAmorim @PeerJLife Thanks, Eduardo!

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@k_castillioni @Jeffrey_F_Kelly @RadarAndStuff Thanks, Karen!

[Alva Strand @aistrand]

Take a look at our article and read about what we learned by integrating these data!

Thank you to Eli Bridge, @Jeffrey_F_Kelly, @RadarAndStuff, David Bodine, and Randy Soto for a wonderful collaboration!

[Alva Strand @aistrand]

We deployed this array @KAEFS_OK on select nights in March, April, and May of 2021 and integrated data from this array with wind data from the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) to assess the impact of wind on the movements of avian migrants.