Kelly J. Iknayan, Steven R. Beissinger ABSTRACT Climate change has caused deserts, already defined by climatic extremes, to warm and dry more rapidly than other ecoregions in the contiguous United States over the last 50 years. Desert birds persist near the edge of their physiological limits, and climate change could cause lethal dehydration and hyperthermia, … Continue reading Collapse of a desert bird community over the past century driven by climate change