Continent-wide drivers of spatial synchrony in age structure across wild great tit populations
Joe P. Woodman, Stefan J. G. Vriend, Frank Adriaensen, Elena Álvarez, Alexander V. Artemyev, Emilio Barba, Malcolm D. Burgess, Samuel P. Caro, Laure Cauchard, Anne Charmantier, Ella F. Cole, Niels Jeroen Dingemanse, Blandine Doligez, Tapio Eeva, Simon R. Evans, , Ben C. Sheldon
The paper quantifies spatial synchrony in great tit age structure across 32 populations and identifies drivers like clutch size, temperature, and beech crops, showing synchrony maintained up to 650km.
Ecology Letters · Feb 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology