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Local temperature fine-tunes the timing of spring migration in birds.
Integrative and comparative biology - 1 Sept 2010
Tøttrup Anders P, Rainio Kalle, Coppack Timothy, Lehikoinen Esa, Rahbek Carsten, Thorup Kasper
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Evidence for climate-driven phenological changes is rapidly increasing at all trophic levels. Our current poor knowledge of the detailed control of bird migration from the level of genes and hormonal control to direct physiological and behavioral responses hampers our ability to understand and predict consequences of climatic change for migratory birds. In order to better understand migration phenology and...
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