Climate change has indirect effects on resource use and overlap among coexisting bird species with negative consequences for their reproductive success

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 411-419

  Auer, Sonya K ^a   Martin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Habitat selection; Nest predation; Plant populations; Trophic interactions; Ungulate browsing

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST PREDATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE USE; SONGBIRD; TROPHIC INTERACTION; UNGULATE; VEGETATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; PASSERI; UNGULATA;

EID: 84871930340     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12062     Document Type: Article

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