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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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Main Authors: Anctil, Alexandre, Franke, Alastair, Bêty, Joël
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3933744/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24135996
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2800-y
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