Temperature does not dictate the wintering distributions of European dabbling duck species

Ibis

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-88

  Dalby, Lars ^a   Fox, Anthony D ^a   Petersen, Ib K ^a   Delany, Simon ^b,c   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

^c Delany Environmental   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Anas clypeata; Anas crecca; Anas penelope; Anas platyrhynchos; Anas strepera; Bergmann's rule; Climate change; Lower critical temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PENELOPE; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANAS STREPERA; AVES;

EID: 84870761657     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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