Declining body sizes in North American birds associated with climate change

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1047-1055

  Van Buskirk, Josh ^a,b   Mulvihill, Robert S ^c   Leberman, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT; WING;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 77953573489     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18349.x     Document Type: Article

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