The influence of climate and topography in patterns of territory establishment in a range-expanding bird

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 336-344

  Bradbury, Richard B ^a   Pearce Higgins, James W ^b   Wotton, Simon R ^a   Conway, Greg J ^b   Grice, Phil V ^c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aspect; Climate change; Colonization; Dispersal; Global warming; Niche; Slope

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING SITE; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; GLOBAL WARMING; RANGE EXPANSION; SLOPE; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; SYLVIA UNDATA;

EID: 79952730410     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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