The impact of climate change on long-term population trends of birds in a central European country

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 412-421

  Reif, Jiří ^a   Vorisek P ^b   St'astny K ^c   Koschova M ^a   Bejcek V ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Pan European Common Bird Monitoring   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bird monitoring; Breeding range; Czech Republic; Global warming; Habitat association; Migratory strategy; Population trend

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL WARMING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 54049133694     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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