Declines in British-breeding populations of Afro-Palaearctic migrant birds are linked to bioclimatic wintering zone in Africa, possibly via constraints on arrival time advancement

Bird Study

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-125

  Ockendon, Nancy ^a   Hewson, Chris M ^a   Johnston, Alison ^a   Atkinson, Philip W ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; AVIFAUNA; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HABITAT TYPE; HUMID TROPICS; LAND USE CHANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE;

AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES;

EID: 84861520703     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.645798     Document Type: Article

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