Inter-annual variation in the breeding chronology of arctic shorebirds: Effects of weather, snow melt and predators

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-304

  Smith, Paul A ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^b   Allard, Karel ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MONITORING; NESTING; PREDATOR; SNOWMELT; WADER;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 77954154132     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04815.x     Document Type: Article

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