Extreme weather event in spring 2013 delayed breeding time of Great Tit and Blue Tit
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Extreme weather event in spring 2013 delayed breeding time of Great Tit and Blue Tit
The impact of climatic changes on life cycles by re-scheduling the timing of reproduction is an important topic in studies of biodiversity. Global warming causes and will probably cause in the future not only raising temperatures but also an increasing frequency of extreme weather events. In 2013, the winter in central and north Europe ended late, with low temperatures and long-retained snow co...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biometeorology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0020-7128,1432-1254
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0816-6