Born to cope with climate change? Experimentally manipulated hatching time does not affect duckling survival in the mallard Anas platyrhynchos

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 505-516

  Sjöberg, Kjell ^a   Gunnarsson, Gunnar ^b   Pöysä, Hannu ^c   Elmberg, Johan ^b   Nummi, Petri ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breeding biology; Duckling mortality; Mismatch hypothesis; Timing of breeding; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79956285232     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0459-9     Document Type: Article

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