<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023-01-data-driven-bird-conservation-project-takes-wing.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><unit>College of Natural Science,EEB,Integrative Biology</unit><pubDate>01/17/2023</pubDate><title>Data-driven bird conservation project takes wing</title><description><p>Michigan State University and the National Audubon Society are teaming up to help protect declining bird populations across North America. With $1.3 million from a collaborative National Science Foundation grant, the team—led by MSU integrative biologist Elise Zipkin—will develop statistical models fueled by four massive data sets to evaluate how climate change and land use are affecting hundreds of bird species.</p></description><author>Val Osowski</author><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/2023-01-data-driven-bird-conservation-project-takes-wing.banner.american%20redstart.jpg" alt="Michigan State University and the National Audubon Society are collaborating to project future impacts to hundreds of bird species, including the American redstart pictured here."/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/preview2023-01-data-driven-bird-conservation-project-takes-wing.banner.american%20redstart.jpg" alt="Michigan State University and the National Audubon Society are collaborating to project future impacts to hundreds of bird species, including the American redstart, pictured here."/></image><tags><tag>IBIO</tag><tag>biodiversity</tag><tag>bird populations</tag><tag>climate change</tag><tag>eeb</tag><tag>statistical models</tag></tags></item>