Cues and the optimal timing of activities under environmental changes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1183-1190

  Mcnamara, John M ^a   Barta, Zoltan ^b   Klaassen, Marcel ^c,d   Bauer, Silke ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cue response; Evolutionary trap; Fitness loss; Life history activity; Migration; Mistiming; Phenology; Photoperiod; Reaction norm; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; REACTION NORM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CUES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80855143717     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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