To make the most of what we have: Extracting phenological data from nestling measurements

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 797-804

  Nilsson, Anna L K ^a   Stige, Leif Christian ^a   Jerstad, Kurt ^b   Røstad, Ole Wiggo ^c   Slagsvold, Tore ^a   Knudsen, Endre ^a   Walseng, Bjørn ^d   Stenseth, Nils Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Jerstad Viltforvaltning ^*  (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cinclus cinclus; Growth; Linear mixed model; Nestling development; Phenology; Start of breeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NORWAY; PASSERIFORMES; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; CINCLUS CINCLUS;

EID: 80955137413     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0461-2     Document Type: Article

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