Scale-dependent phenological synchrony between songbirds and their caterpillar food source

American Naturalist

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-97

  Hinks, Amy E ^a   Cole, Ella F ^a   Daniels, Katherine J ^a   Wilkin, Teddy A ^a   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding phenology; Environmental heterogeneity; Great tit; Parus major; Spatial scale; Wild population

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CATERPILLAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HETEROGENEITY; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; TROPHIC LEVEL; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; MALE; MOTH; OAK; PASSERIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84933565289     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681572     Document Type: Article

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