A matter of timing: Changes in the first date of arrival and last date of departure of Australian migratory birds

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1339-1354

  Beaumont, Linda J ^a   McAllan, Ian A W ^a   Hughes, Lesley ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrival date; Australia; Birds; Climate change; Departure date; Migration; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 33745219831     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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