Phenological mismatch strongly affects individual fitness but not population demography in a woodland passerine

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-144

  Reed, Thomas E ^a   Jenouvrier, Stephanie ^b,c   Visser, Marcel E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Demographic; Fitness; Mismatch; Selection gradient; Synchrony; Timing; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FITNESS; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SELECTION; STOCHASTICITY; WOODLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; TREE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; TREES;

NETHERLANDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84872596764     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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