Climate change and bird phenology: A long-term study in the Iberian Peninsula

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1993-2004

  Gordo, Oscar ^a,b   Sanz, Juan José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arrival; Bird migration; Departure; Length of stay; Sahel Index; Spain; Temperature; Temporal trend; Trans Saharan birds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHENOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APUS APUS; AVES; CICONIA CICONIA; CUCULUS CANORUS; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS;

EID: 33748664139     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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