Climate change and nesting behaviour in vertebrates: a review of the ecological threats and potential for adaptive responses

Biological Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1991-2002

  Mainwaring, Mark C ^a   Barber, Iain ^b   Deeming, Denis C ^c   Pike, David A ^d   Roznik, Elizabeth A ^e   Hartley, Ian R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^d RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; nest structure; nest site selection; precipitation; temperature; threats; wind speed

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 85006988365     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12317     Document Type: Article

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