Latitudinal variation in breeding time reaction norms in a passerine bird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 836-842

  Gienapp, Phillip ^a   Väisänen, Risto A ^b   Brommer, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Avian breeding time; Fennoscandia; Geographical variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Proportional hazards model

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DAY LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; REACTION NORM; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FENNOSCANDIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77957667257     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01693.x     Document Type: Article

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