Carry-over effects from passage regions are more important than breeding climate in determining the breeding phenology and performance of three avian migrants of conservation concern

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2427-2444

  Finch, Tom ^a,c   Pearce Higgins, James W ^b   Leech, D I ^b   Evans, Karl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Breeding success; Clutch size; Fecundity; Muscicapa striata; Phoenicurus phoenicurus; Phylloscopus sibilatrix; Stop over; Trophic mismatch

Indexed keywords

AVES; MUSCICAPA STRIATA; PHOENICURUS PHOENICURUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS SIBILATRIX; SETOPHAGA;

EID: 84905242489     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0731-5     Document Type: Article

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