Can long-distance migratory birds adjust to the advancement of spring by shortening migration distance? The response of the pied flycatcher to latitudinal photoperiodic variation

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2516-2522

  Coppack, Timothy ^a,e   Tindemans, Ilse ^b   Czisch, Michael ^c   Van der Linden, Annemie ^b   Berthold, Peter ^a   Pulido, Francisco ^d,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Circ annual rhythm; Ficedula hypoleuca; Migration; Moult; Phenotypic plasticity; Photo periodism; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SPRING (SEASON);

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 54449098461     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01668.x     Document Type: Article

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