Population dynamical consequences of climate change for a small temperate songbird

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5454, 2000, Pages 854-856

  Saether B E ^a   Tufto, J ^a   Engen, S ^a   Jerstad, K ^b   Rostad O W ^c   Skatan, J E ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Aurebekk   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

AVES; CINCLUS CINCLUS; PASSERI;

EID: 0034603060     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5454.854     Document Type: Article

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