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

• Main Authors: Hinsley, SA, Bellamy, PE, Hill, R.A., Ferns, PN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Parus; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23598/; https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23598/1/Hinsley%20et%20al%202016%20-%20PLoS%20ONE.PDF

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...