Solar activity affects avian timing of reproduction

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 739-742

  Visser, Marcel E ^a   Sanz, Juan José ^b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Cyanistes caeruleus; Parus major; Sunspots; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; LAYING DATE; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 74549162739     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0429     Document Type: Article

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