Recent Shift in Climate Relationship Enables Prediction of the Timing of Bird Breeding.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Shelley A Hinsley, Paul E Bellamy, Ross A Hill, Peter N Ferns
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Parus; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155241; https://doaj.org/article/562b5bff568e49198c8d073bd79f0a3f

Large-scale climate processes influence many aspects of ecology including breeding phenology, reproductive success and survival across a wide range of taxa. Some effects are direct, for example, in temperate-zone birds, ambient temperature is an important cue enabling breeding effort to coincide wit...