Selection on laying date is connected to breeding density in the pied flycatcher

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 703-710

  Ahola, Markus P ^a   Laaksonen, Toni ^a,b   Eeva, Tapio ^a   Lehikoinen, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate; Ficedula hypoleuca; Recruitment; Spring temperature; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAYING DATE; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINLAND; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINLAND; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

FINLAND;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 84856804913     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2135-5     Document Type: Article

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