Context-dependent changes in the weighting of environmental cues that initiate breeding in a temperate passerine, the Corsican Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-139

  Thomas, Donald W ^a   Bourgault, Patrice ^a,b   Shipley, Bill ^a   Perret, Philippe ^b   Blondel, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Blue Tit; Cyanistes caeruleus; Environmental cues; Temperature; Timing of breeding; Vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAYING DATE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PATH ANALYSIS; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE;

CORSE; FRANCE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; HEXAPODA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 76249108858     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09141     Document Type: Article

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