Why is timing of bird migration advancing when individuals are not?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1774, 2013, Pages

  Gill, Jennifer A ^a   Alves, José A ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b   Appleton, Graham F ^c   Potts, Peter M ^d   Gunnarsson, Tómas G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^d Farlington Ringing Group   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Migratory behaviour; Phenology; Population change; Shorebird; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; HATCHING DATE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LAYING DATE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHENOLOGY; WADER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOUR; NESTING; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SHOREBIRD; TIME; TIMING OF BREEDING;

MIGRATORY BEHAVIOUR; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION CHANGE; SHOREBIRD; TIMING OF BREEDING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902676789     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2161     Document Type: Article

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