Extended Data Fig. 8: Sensitivity of the results on responses to precipitations to the choice of precipitation seasons.

Effects of species-level predictors on waterbird abundance responses to precipitation changes when using precipitation during June, July and August in the model (see Statistical Analyses for more detail). The estimated coefficients with 95% and 50% (thick lines) credible intervals of six explanatory variables for explaining among-species variations in the rate of abundance changes with increasing precipitation (a) and the importance of precipitation in explaining abundance changes (b). Filled circles indicate variables with 95% credible intervals not overlapping with zero. Only 213 species for which there were estimates at ten or more grid cells were analysed. Note that the estimated coefficient for Absolute latitude range in (b) is positive.