No phenotypic plasticity in nest-site selection in response to extreme flooding events

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1723, 2017, Pages

  Bailey, Liam D ^a   Ens, Bruno J ^b   Both, Christiaan ^c   Heg, Dik ^d   Oosterbeek, Kees ^b   van De Pol, Martijn ^a,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change ecology; Environmental cues; Extreme climatic event; Haematopus ostralegus; Learning; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; LEARNING; NEST SITE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SITE SELECTION; WADER;

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FLOODING; GENETICS; MALE; NESTING; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FLOODS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 85019135507     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0139     Document Type: Article

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