Supporting Information
Table S1. Complete list of studies identified through the literature review of Web of Science database (webofknowledge.com) of
population-level consequences of resource bottlenecks (limitations of water, food or habitat) linked to extreme weather and climate
events.
Extreme
event
Taxonomic
group
Impact category
Decline in fecundity
Bird
Population decline <25%
Population decline >25%
Cyclone
Invertebrate
Mammal
Reptile
Range contraction
Population decline <25%
Population decline <25%
Population extinction
Range shift
Decline in fecundity
Population decline >25%
Reference
Leberg et al. 2007
Watts & Byrd 2007
Raynor et al. 2013
Shepherd et al. 1991
Torres & Leberg 1996
Tossas 2006
Yaukey 2008
Ramirez-Barajas et al.
2012
Walter et al. 2013
Munroe et al. 2013
Pavelka et al. 2003
Klinger 2007
Pries et al. 2009
Engeman et al. 2006
Selman & Qualls 2008
Journal
Animal Conservation
Condor
Waterbirds
Colonial Waterbirds
Condor
Carribbean Journal of Science
Condor
Biotropica
Journal of Coastal Research
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
International Journal of Primatology
Journal of Tropical Ecology
Journal of Mammalogy
Wildlife Research
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Extreme
event
Taxonomic
group
Amphibian
Bird
Invertebrate
Impact category
Reference
Decline in fecundity
Population decline <25%
Population decline >25%
Decline in survival
Population decline >25%
Population extinction
Decline in survival
Scheele et al. 2012
McMenamin et al. 2008
Stewart 1995
Robinson et al. 2007
Marone 1992
Ehrlich et al. 1980
Foley et al. 2008
Corfield 1973
Hillman & Hillman 1977
Scholes 1985
Seabrook et al. 2011
Walker et al. 1987
Trillmich & Limberger
1985
Zylstra et al. 2013
Seigel et al. 1995
Ludwig et al. 1993
Peresbarbosa & Mellink
2001
Tryjanowski et al. 2009
van de Pol et al. 2010
Viera et al. 2006
Turley and Holthuijzen
2005
Benson et al. 2010
Yoon et al 2011
Poirrier et al. 2008
Drought
Mammal
Population decline <25%
Population decline >25%
Reptile
Decline in survival
Population extinction
Decline in fecundity
Bird
Flood
Population decline <25%
Fish
Invertebrate
Population decline >25%
Population decline <25%
Population decline >25%
Journal
Ecosphere
PNAS
Journal of Herpetology
Ibis
Journal of Field Ornithology
Oecologia
Biology Letters
African Journal of Ecology
African Journal of Ecology
Book chapter
Wildlife Research
Journal of Applied Ecology
Oecologia
Oecologia
Herpetologica
Journal of Great Lakes Research
Waterbirds
Basic and Applied Ecology
Journal of Applied Ecology
Polar Biology
Western North American Naturalist
Wetlands
Limnology
Estuaries and Coasts
Extreme
event
Heat wave
Taxonomic
group
Bird
Invertebrate
Impact category
Decline in fecundity
Decline in survival
Population extinction
Decline in survival
Bird
Population decline >25%
Severe winter
Mammal
Population decline <25%
Population decline >25%
Reference
Bolger et al. 2005
Jiguet et al. 2006
Becker et al. 1997
Piessens et al. 2009
Moynahan et al. 2006
Sanz-Aguilar et al. 2012
Jiguet & Williamson
2013
Lambeck et al. 1991
Gates et al. 1986
Bocci et al. 2010
Journal
Oecologia
Ecology Letters
Journal of Ornithology
Oecologia
Ecological Applications
Journal of Animal Ecology
Bird Study
Environmental Pollution
Arctic
Annales Zoologici Fennici
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