Effect of weather on the reproductive rate of Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta in the eastern Pyrenees

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-278

  Novoa, Claude ^a   Besnard, Aurélien ^b   Brenot, Jean François ^a   Ellison, Laurence N ^a  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Latitudinal gradient; Rainfall; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GAMEBIRD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS MUTUS;

EID: 41149093870     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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