Severe recent decrease of adult body mass in a declining insectivorous bird population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1786, 2014, Pages

  Rioux Paquette, Sébastien ^a   Pelletier, Fanie ^a   Garant, Dany ^a   Bélisle, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial insectivores; Agricultural intensification; Body mass; Breeding success; Phenotypic plasticity; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BODY MASS; DATA SET; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECTIVORE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84902687848     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0649     Document Type: Article

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