Earlier Arctic springs cause phenological mismatch in long-distance migrants

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1101-1112

  Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann ^a   Clausen, Preben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Advancing spring; Branta bernicla hrota; Climate change; Phenology; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SNOW COVER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA HROTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; GOOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; GEESE; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SVALBARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885933119     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2681-0     Document Type: Article

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