Importance of climatic and environmental change in the demography of a multi-brooded passerine, the woodlark Lullula arborea

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1191-1202

  Wright, Lucy J ^a   Hoblyn, Ron A ^b   Green, Rhys E ^c,d   Bowden, Christopher G R ^c   Mallord, John W ^a   Sutherland, William J ^d   Dolman, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b FORESTRY COMMISSION   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Nest predation; Phenology; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; LULLULA ARBOREA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 70349913849     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01582.x     Document Type: Article

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