Climate change and shifting arrival date of migratory birds over a century in the northern Great Plains

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-51

  Travers, Steven E ^a   Marquardt, Bryan ^a   Zerr, Nicole J ^a   Finch, James B ^a   Boche, Mikayla J ^a   Wilk, Rosalynne ^a   Burdick, Steven C ^a  

^a NDSU Dept 7670   (United States)

Author keywords

bird migration; climate change; Great Plains; growing degree units; phenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARRIVAL DATE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GREAT PLAINS;

AVES;

EID: 84925003595     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/14-033.1     Document Type: Article

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