Flexibility in phenology and habitat use act as buffers to long-term population declines in UK passerines

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 604-613

  Salido, L ^a,b   Purse, B V ^a   Marrs, R ^b   Chamberlain, D E ^c   Shultz, S ^c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT USE; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE USE; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84862757277     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06797.x     Document Type: Article

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