The consequences of climate-driven stop-over sites changes on migration schedules and fitness of Arctic geese

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 654-660

  Bauer, Silke ^a   Van Dinther, Martijn ^a   Høgda, Kjell Arild ^b   Klaassen, Marcel ^a   Madsen, Jesper ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b Norut IT   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anser brachyrhynchus; Behaviour based model; Onset of spring; Phenology; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; FOOD SUPPLY; MIGRATION; PHENOLOGY; STOCHASTICITY; STOPOVER; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GOOSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEESE; MALE; SEASONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES;

EID: 44849126901     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01381.x     Document Type: Article

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