How great tits maintain synchronization of their hatch date with food supply in response to long-term variability in temperature

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 356-366

  Cresswell, Will ^a   McCleery, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Great tit; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING DATE; REPRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0037357255     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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