Warm temperatures lead to early onset of incubation, shorter incubation periods and greater hatching asynchrony in tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor at the extremes of their range

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Ardia, Daniel R ^a,b   Cooper, Caren B ^c   Dhondt, André A ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; INCUBATION; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 33644826994     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2006.03747.x     Document Type: Article

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