Multiple responses to increasing spring temperatures in the breeding cycle of blue and great tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, Parus major)

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Matthysen, Erik ^a   Adriaensen, Frank ^a   Dhondt, André A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Laying date; Nestling growth; Selection; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUTCH SIZE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LAYING DATE; NESTLING; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPRING (SEASON); SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; FAGUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 78649795177     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02213.x     Document Type: Article

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