This final chapter based on earlier chapters highlights the current plight of seabirds 44 of the 311 endangered migrant species on the 2008 iucn red list due to changing ocean conditions and prey base about 8 of the endangered migrants are land and water birds mostly in the asia pacific region. In bird migration and global change eminent ecologist george w cox brings his extensive experience as a scientist and bird enthusiast to bear in evaluating the capacity of migratory birds to adapt to the challenges of a changing climate cox reviews synthesizes and interprets recent and emerging science on the subject beginning with a discussion of climate change and its effect on habitat and followed by eleven chapters that examine responses of bird types across all regions of the globe. Because of their dependence on specific habitats and resources in different geographic regions at different phases of their annual cycle migratory species are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in bird migration and global change eminent ecologist george w cox brings his extensive experience as a scientist and bird enthusiast to bear in evaluating the capacity of migratory birds to adapt to the challenges of a changing climate. Bird migration and global change by george w cox addresses the issue of impact on bird populations under conditions of global warming this is an authoritative and scholarly book that is totally . Climate change affects patterns of migration with global warming migratory journeys are starting to get cancelled the birds annual migration rhythm has changed drastically due to changing temperatures a lot of migratory birds shorten change or completely cancel their routes