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Heavy rainfall increases nestling mortality of an arctic top predator: experimental evidence and long-term trend in peregrine falcons
Although animal population dynamics have often been correlated with fluctuations in precipitation, causal relationships have rarely been demonstrated in wild birds. We combined nest observations with a field experiment to investigate the direct effect of rainfall on survival of peregrine falcon (Fal...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3933744/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24135996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2800-y |