Local weather conditions have complex effects on the growth of blue tit nestlings

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-19

  Mainwaring, Mark C ^a   Hartley, Ian R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Development; Maternal effects; Rainfall; Temperature; Weather; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUTCH SIZE; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HATCHING; HEAD; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; TARSAL BONE; THERMOREGULATION; WEATHER; WIND; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NESTING; PASSERIFORMES; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84973279404     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.05.005     Document Type: Article

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