Warm springs, early lay dates, and double brooding in a North American migratory songbird, the black-throated blue warbler.

Numerous studies have correlated the advancement of lay date in birds with warming climate trends, yet the fitness effects associated with this phenological response have been examined in only a small number of species. Most of these species--primarily insectivorous cavity nesters in Europe--exhibit...

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Main Authors: Andrea K Townsend, T Scott Sillett, Nina K Lany, Sara A Kaiser, Nicholas L Rodenhouse, Michael S Webster, Richard T Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23565154/pdf/?tool=EBI