Spatio-temporal dynamics in breeding occurrence of passerine birds in subarctic birch forest

• Main Author: Bjørkås, Ragnhild
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2017
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Ficedula hypoleuca; Parus major; Phoenicurus phoenicurus; Operophtera brumata; Epirrita autumnata; Agriopis aurantiaria; Moth larvae; Temperature; Breeding population dynamics; Numerical response; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480; BIO-3950; Norway; Parus; Northern Norway; Subarctic; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/11135

The three box-nesting passerine bird species pied flycatcher, great tit and common redstart breed at their distributional limit in Troms, Northern Norway. Access to food and favourable weather conditions is expected to be of importance for the birds´ breeding population dynamics. In the same area, g...