Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early-season nectar resources

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1987-1993

  McKinney, Amy M ^a,b   Caradonna, Paul J ^b,c   Inouye, David W ^a,b   Barr, Billy ^b   Bertelsen, C David ^d   Waser, Nickolas M ^b,c,d   Irwin, R E ^e  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Broad tailed Hummingbird; Climate change; Ecological interactions; Flowering time; Latitude; Migration; Phenological shifts; Pollination; Reproductive success; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado (USA); Selasphorus platycercus; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWER VISITING; FLOWERING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NECTAR; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SYNCHRONY;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

SELASPHORUS PLATYCERCUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 84866943422     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0255.1     Document Type: Article

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