Saving Songbirds

Dr. Stefania Casagrande is Principal Investigator in the Max Planck Institute of Biological Intelligence’s Department of Evolutionary Physiology. She obtained her PhD from the University of Parma and conducted her post-doctoral research with the Association Ornis Italica and the University of Parma. Her research focuses on eco-physiology and development of avian species. Specifically, Dr. Casagrande studies complex aspects of bird stress physiology, reproductive behavior, and their interactions with environmental pressures. She has been a board member of the Flanders Research Foundation Research Funding Panel and currently acts as associate editor of the Journal of Avian Biology. Dr. Kate Buchanan is Full Professor at Deakin University’s School of Life and Environmental Sciences. She obtained her BSc in Zoology from the University of Glasgow and her PhD from the Royal Holloway University of London. Her research focuses on avian behavioral ecology, spanning topics from sexual selection to environmental stress impacts on songbirds. Dr. Buchanan is broadly interested in bird signaling behavior, development, and conservation, and she has served as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Emu Austral Ornithology for 14 years. Dr. Stephen Pruett-Jones is Associate Professor at the University of Chicago's Department of Ecology and Evolution. He obtained his MSc in Zoology from Brigham Young University and his PhD in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Pruett-Jones' research encompasses sexual selection, evolution of mating systems, communication, population biology, and introduced species, using birds as his study taxon.

• 1. Introduction: Why birdsong matters2. State of the world’s songbirds and their global population trajectories3. Physiological responses of migrating songbirds to the Anthropocene, with an emphasis on migratory timing4. Why are migratory songbirds declining?5. The silent fields: Agricultural intensification and its effects on songbird populations6. The impact of chemical contaminants on songbirds7. Songbird decline due to habitat loss and alteration in Korea and East Asia8. How thermal extremes challenge songbird physiology and survival9. The shift in pathogen and vector dynamics impacting songbird populations10. Phenological mismatch: Climate impacts on reproductive timing, food availability and range distributions11. Diet, food availability, and the decline of insectivorous songbirds12. Harvesting of songbirds: The real impact of illegal hunting and poaching13. Too portable? The size and impact of the illegal songbird trade14. Incidental mortality associated with predation by domestic cats, forest logging, and other anthropogenic hazards15. Urban adaptations: Can songbirds navigate the concrete jungles?16. Communication under threat and fitness consequences in a changing world17. Population genetics in global changes: Understanding transgenerational effects and adaptations18. Synthesizing voices: Urgencies, outlooks, and the path ahead