Climate change and the decline of a once common bird

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 370-378

  McClure, Christopher J W ^a   Rolek, Brian W ^a,b   McDonald, Kenneth ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Euphagus carolinus; Geographical range; Global warming; Odonata; Pacific decadal oscillation; Population declines; Rusty blackbird

Indexed keywords

AVES; EUPHAGUS CAROLINUS; ODONATA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 84866758664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.95     Document Type: Article

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