When Siberia came to the Netherlands: The response of continental black-tailed godwits to a rare spring weather event

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1164-1176

  Senner, Nathan R ^a   Verhoeven, Mo A ^a   Abad Gómez, José M ^b   Gutiérrez, Jorge S ^b,c   Hooijmeijer, Jos C E W ^a   Kentie, Rosemarie ^a   Masero, José A ^b   Tibbitts, T Lee ^d   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural flexibility; Carry over effects; Migration; Resource availability; Stress response

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CARRYING CAPACITY; FITNESS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPRING (SEASON); WADER;

NETHERLANDS;

AVES; LIMOSA LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA LIMOSA;

SNOW;

ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLD; FEMALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCTION; SNOW;

EID: 84939160240     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12381     Document Type: Article

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