Identifying the critical climatic time window that affects trait expression

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 698-707

  van de Pol, Martijn ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Method; Phenology; Sliding window; Time to event models; Weather package

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; WEATHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLTING; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 79955447221     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659101     Document Type: Article

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