Parental cooperation in a changing climate: fluctuating environments predict shifts in care division

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 347-358

  Vincze, Orsolya ^a,b   Kosztolányi, András ^a,c   Barta, Zoltán ^a   Küpper, Clemens ^d   Alrashidi, Monif ^e   Amat, Juan A ^f   Argüelles Ticó, Araceli ^g   Burns, Fiona ^h   Cavitt, John ⁱ   Conway, Warren C ^j   Cruz López, Medardo ^k   Desucre Medrano, Atahualpa Eduardo ^l   dos Remedios, Natalie ^m   Figuerola, Jordi ^f   Galindo Espinosa, Daniel ⁿ   García Peña, Gabriel E ^k,o   Gómez Del Angel, Salvador ^l   Gratto Trevor, Cheri ^p   Jönsson, Paul ^q   Lloyd, Penn ^r   Montalvo, Tomás ^s   Parra, Jorge Enrique ^g   Pruner, Raya ^t   Que, Pinjia ^u   Liu, Yang ^v   Saalfeld, Sarah T ^w   Schulz, Rainer ^x   Serra, Lorenzo ^y   St Clair, James J H ^z   Stenzel, Lynne E ^aa   Weston, Michael A ^ab   Yasué, Maï ^ac   Zefania, Sama ^ad   Székely, Tamás ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIL   (Saudi Arabia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^g University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^h RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^l UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^o FRB   (France)

^p ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^q LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^s AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^t UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^u BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^v SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^w U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^x Schutzstation Wattenmeer Nationalparkhaus   (Germany)

^y INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^aa PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^ab DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ac QUEST UNIVERSITY CANADA   (Canada)

^ad Universite de Toliara   (Madagascar)

more..

Author keywords

Climate; environmental stochasticity; global change; parental care; parental cooperation; seasonal environment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WADER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHARADRIUS;

EID: 85008255153     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12540     Document Type: Article

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