How birds cope physiologically and behaviourally with extreme climatic events

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1723, 2017, Pages

  Wingfield, John C ^a   Pérez, Jonathan H ^a   Krause, Jesse S ^a   Word, Karen R ^a   González Gómez, Paulina L ^a   Lisovski, Simeon ^a   Chmura, Helen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Allostatic overload; Corticosterone; Perturbation resistance potential; Weather events

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLOSTASIS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAITS;

EID: 85019080146     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0140     Document Type: Review

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