Latitudinal variation in blue tit and great tit nest characteristics indicates environmental adjustment

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1669-1677

  Mainwaring, Mark C ^a   Hartley, Ian R ^a   Bearhop, Stuart ^b   Brulez, Kaat ^c   du Feu, Christopher R ^d   Murphy, Gerald ^d   Plummer, Kate E ^b   Webber, Simone L ^c   James Reynolds, S ^c   Deeming, D Charles ^e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Lincoln ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird ecology; Breeding success; Cyanistes caeruleus; Great Britain; Insulation quality; Latitude; Nest structure; Parus major; Spring temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INSULATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MICROCLIMATE; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84865172948     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02724.x     Document Type: Article

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