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Predicting the vulnerability of birds to trophic threat posed by phenological mismatch based on nutritional and physiological status of nestlings
Author(s) -
Shuping Zhang,
Lidan Zhao,
Xinjie Zhang,
Wei Liang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coz096
Subject(s) - biology , phenology , trophic level , nutrient , abundance (ecology) , nymph , relative species abundance , zoology , ecology
Lay summaries: The vulnerability of bird species to trophic threat posed by phenological mismatch should be predicted on the basis of nestling’s nutritional and physiological status rather than only on diet observation. The species is vulnerable to such threat when the alternative food is insufficient to satisfy the nutritional requirement of nestlings.

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