Avian reproductive failure in response to an extreme climatic event

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-406

  Bolger, Douglas T ^a   Patten, Michael A ^a,c   Bostock, David C ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Climate change; Climate extremes; ENSO; Reproductive failure

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; DESERT CLIMATE; RAIN; REPRODUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AIMOPHILA; AIMOPHILA RUFICEPS; ARTHROPODA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES; ZONOTRICHIA;

EID: 12944271896     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1734-9     Document Type: Article

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