Scale-dependent climate signals drive breeding phenology of three seabird species

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1214-1221

  Frederiksen, Morten ^a   Harris, Michael P ^a   Daunt, Francis ^a   Rothery, Peter ^a   Wanless, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; NAO; North Sea; Oceanography; Seabirds; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 3242681304     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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