Migration, moult and climate change in barn swallows Hirundo rustica in South Africa

Climate Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-205

  Maller, Anders Pape ^a   Nuttall, Rick ^b   Piper, Steven E ^c   Szép, Tibor ^d   Vickers, Edward J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^e Mount Moreland   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arrival date; Departure date; Long distance migrant; Moult score

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BREEDING GROUNDS; DEPARTURE DATE; FIRST ARRIVAL; LONG-DISTANCE MIGRANT; MIGRATORY BIRDS; MOULT SCORE; PHENOLOGICAL CHANGES; SOUTH AFRICA;

PHENOLS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARRIVAL DATE; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 80054079222     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01005     Document Type: Article

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