Effects of snow-related environmental variation on breeding schedules and productivity of a high-altitude population of dusky flycatchers (Empidonax Oberholseri)

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 746-758

  Pereyra, Maria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Climate change; Clutch size; Dusky flycatcher; Empidonax oberholseri; Environmental factors; Reproductive success; Sierra nevada; Snowpack; Timing of breeding; Tyrant flycatchers; Warming

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLEDGING; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TIOGA PASS; UNITED STATES;

EMPIDONAX OBERHOLSERI; TYRANNIDAE;

EID: 81855187053     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10144     Document Type: Article

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