Change in spring arrival of migratory birds under an era of climate change, Swedish data from the last 140 years

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Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-77

  Kullberg, Cecilia ^a   Fransson, Thord ^b   Hedlund, Johanna ^a   Jonzén, Niclas ^c   Langvall, Ola ^d   Nilsson, Johan ^d   Bolmgren, Kjell ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Climate changes; Migratory strategy; Phenology; Spring arrival

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHENOLOGY;

SWEDEN;

AVES;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84920821882     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0600-1     Document Type: Article

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