Climate change and the long-term northward shift in the African wintering range of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica

Climate Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-141

  Ambrosini, Roberto ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^b   Møller, Anders Pape ^c   Bani, Luciano ^a   Clark, Jacquie ^d   Karcza, Zsolt ^e   Vangeluwe, Didier ^f   Du Feu, Chris ^d   Spina, Fernando ^g   Saino, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^e Hungarian Bird Ringing Centre   (Hungary)

^f ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^g INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barn swallow; Bird migration; Connectivity; EURING swallow project; Phenology; Wintering range

Indexed keywords

BARN SWALLOW; BIRD MIGRATION; CONNECTIVITY; EURING SWALLOW PROJECT; PHENOLOGY; WINTERING RANGE;

BIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARRIVAL DATE; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; DATABASE; LIFE CYCLE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; PROBABILITY; RANGE SIZE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 80054082240     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01025     Document Type: Article

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