Australian bird phenology: A search for climate signals

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 969-979

  Chambers, Lynda E ^a   Keatley, Marie R ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bird; Breeding; Climate; Migration; Phenology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE SIGNAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; PETROICA PHOENICEA; RHIPIDURA FULIGINOSA;

EID: 78649679765     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02108.x     Document Type: Article

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