Waders in winter: Long-term changes of migratory bird assemblages facing climate change

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 714-717

  Godet, Laurent ^a,b   Jaffré, Mikaë ^c   Devictor, Vincent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Assemblages community temperature index; Climate change; Estuaries; Waders

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; WADER;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

AVES; CHARADRII; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 80053916380     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0152     Document Type: Article

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