Climate change: A Swallow's eye view

British Birds

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-16

  Turner, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 58249092212     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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