Climate change may account for the decline in British ring ouzels Turdus torquatus

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 826-835

  Beale, Colin M ^a,c   Burfield, Ian J ^b,d   Sim, Innes M W ^a   Rebecca, Graham W ^a   Pearce Higgins, James W ^a   Grant, Murray C ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d BirdLife International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Density dependence; Rainfall; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; METEOROLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WEATHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; JUNIPERUS; TURDUS TORQUATUS;

EID: 33646573323     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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