Effects of El Nino events on Darwin's finch productivity

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2442-2457

  Grant, Peter R ^a   Grant, B Rosemary ^a   Keller, Lukas F ^a   Petren, Kenneth ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Darwin's finches; El Nino; Food supply; Galapagos; Geospiza fortis; Geospiza scandens

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EL NINO; PASSERINE; PRODUCTIVITY; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DAPHNE MAJOR; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

AVES; CACTACEAE; DAPHNE; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; GEOSPIZA SCANDENS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0033860990     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2442:EOENOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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