The timing of birds' breeding seasons: The Perrins hypothesis revisited especially for migrants

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-322

  Drent, Rudolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capital and income breeders; Climate change; Laying date; Proximate and ultimate factors

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INCUBATION; LAYING DATE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; REPRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; TRADE-OFF;

AVES;

EID: 33645802519     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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