Population trends of European common birds are predicted by characteristics of their climatic niche

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 497-505

  Jiguet, Frédéric ^a   Gregory, Richard D ^b   Devictor, Vincent ^c,d   Green, Rhys E ^e   Vořšek, Petr ^f   Van Strien, Arco ^g   Couvet, Denis ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f Czech Society for Ornithology   (Czech Republic)

^g STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding birds; Climate niche; Climate warming; Global warming; Long Term trends

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 77955596943     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01963.x     Document Type: Article

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