Temperature effects on food supply and chick mortality in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-138

  Winkler, David W ^a,b   Luo, Miles K ^a   Rakhimberdiev, Eldar ^a,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Brood survival; Cold snaps; Daily survival rates; Insect abundance; Passerine bird

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLEDGING; FOOD SUPPLY; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ITHACA [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDINIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SWALLOWS;

EID: 84882823467     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2605-z     Document Type: Article

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