Phenotypic plasticity alone cannot explain climate-induced change in avian migration timing

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2430-2437

  Van Buskirk, Josh ^a   Mulvihill, Robert S ^b,c   Leberman, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c National Aviary   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Evolution; Phenology; Phenotypic plasticity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890407431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.367     Document Type: Article

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