Changes in spring arrival of Nearctic-Neotropical migrants attributed to multiscalar climate

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2239-2251

  Macmynowski, Dena P ^a   Root, Terry L ^a   Ballard, Grant ^b   Geupel, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Climate change; ENSO; MEI; Migration; NAO; Pacificfly way; Passerine; PDO; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEARCTIC REGION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPRING (SEASON);

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35348890473     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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