Nestling growth rates in relation to food abundance and weather in the Arctic

Auk

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 261-272

  Pérez, Jonathan H ^a   Krause, Jesse S ^a   Chmura, Helen E ^a   Bowman, Shae ^b   McGuigan, Michaela ^a   Asmus, Ashley L ^c   Meddle, Simone L ^d   Hunt, Kathleen E ^e   Gough, Laura ^c,g   Boelman, Natalie T ^f   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^f International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^g Townson University   (United States)

Author keywords

arthropods; climate change; clutch timing; environment; Lapland Longspur; phenology; temperature; White crowned Sparrow

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTHROPOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; WEATHER;

ARCTIC;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS; PASSERIFORMES; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELII;

EID: 84960867942     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/AUK-15-111.1     Document Type: Article

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