How important are climate-induced changes in host availability for population processes in an obligate brood parasite, the European cuckoo?

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1834-1840

  Douglas, David J T ^a,b   Newson, Stuart E ^c   Leech, David I ^c   Noble, David G ^c   Robinson, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; BROOD PARASITISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOST SELECTION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS; PRUNELLA (AVES); PRUNELLA MODULARIS;

EID: 77958489856     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18388.x     Document Type: Article

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