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Museum egg collections as stores of long-term phenological data
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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:43 authored by J P W ScharlemannMuseum collections hold large amounts of data on collecting dates and localities of eggs collected over the past 150 years. Egg collections hold the longest available time series for a wide range of bird species on a large spatial scale. Using data for two British species I investigate whether egg collection data can be used in phenological research. A method is presented allowing laying dates to be estimated from collecting dates. Problems and biases in the data are highlighted. Both the dipper and song thrush have started laying earlier over the past 150 years. The advance in laying is significantly correlated with mean March temperature.
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Journal
International Journal of BiometeorologyISSN
0020-7128Publisher
Springer-VerlagExternal DOI
Issue
4Volume
45Page range
208-211Department affiliated with
- Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Publications
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