Visualizing Long-Distance Migration Changes

An illustrated card catalog, visualizing the issues of climate change and its disruption of North American long-distance migratory birds. Using data from various published sources*, I created 15 cards communicating various facts about the negative consequences of rising temperatures delaying these birds' migratory patterns.
*citations below
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Both, C., & Visser, M. E. (2001). Adjustment to climate change is constrained by arrival date in a long-distance migrant bird. Nature, 411(6835), 296-298.
Both, C., Bouwhuis, S., Lessells, C. M., & Visser, M. E. (2006). Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird. Nature, 441(7089), 81-83.
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Visser, M. E., & Both, C. (2005). Shifts in phenology due to global climate change: The need for a yardstick. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 272(1581), 2561-2569.
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