Effects of Spring Temperatures on the Strength of Selection on Timing of Reproduction in a Long-Distance Migratory Bird

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Visser, Marcel E ^a   Gienapp, Phillip ^a   Husby, Arild ^b,c   Morrisey, Michael ^d   de la Hera, Iván ^a,e   Pulido, Francisco ^a,f   Both, Christiaan ^a,g  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; FLEDGLING; FLYCATCHER; HATCHING; LONG DISTANCE MIGRANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPRING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WARMING; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84929500861     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002120     Document Type: Article

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