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dc.contributor.authorBison, Marjorie
dc.contributor.authorYoccoz, Nigel
dc.contributor.authorCarlson, Bradley
dc.contributor.authorKlein, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorLaigle, Idaline
dc.contributor.authorVan Reeth, Colin
dc.contributor.authorAsse, Daphné
dc.contributor.authorDelestrade, Anne
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-20T13:20:02Z
dc.date.available2021-04-20T13:20:02Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-17
dc.description.abstractTemperatures in mountain areas are increasing at a higher rate than the Northern Hemisphere land average, but how fauna may respond, in particular in terms of phenology, remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to assess how elevation could modify the relationships between climate variability (air temperature and snow melt‐out date), the timing of plant phenology and egg‐laying date of the coal tit (Periparus ater). We collected 9 years (2011–2019) of data on egg‐laying date, spring air temperature, snow melt‐out date, and larch budburst date at two elevations (~1,300 m and ~1,900 m asl) on a slope located in the Mont‐Blanc Massif in the French Alps. We found that at low elevation, larch budburst date had a direct influence on egg‐laying date, while at high‐altitude snow melt‐out date was the limiting factor. At both elevations, air temperature had a similar effect on egg‐laying date, but was a poorer predictor than larch budburst or snowmelt date. Our results shed light on proximate drivers of breeding phenology responses to interannual climate variability in mountain areas and suggest that factors directly influencing species phenology vary at different elevations. Predicting the future responses of species in a climate change context will require testing the transferability of models and accounting for nonstationary relationships between environmental predictors and the timing of phenological events.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBison, Yoccoz, Carlson, Klein, Laigle, Van Reeth, Asse, Delestrade. Best environmental predictors of breeding phenology differ with elevation in a common woodland bird species. Ecology and Evolution. 2020;10(18):10219-10229en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1877917
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.6684
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/20945
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalEcology and Evolution
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.titleBest environmental predictors of breeding phenology differ with elevation in a common woodland bird speciesen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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