Family life heats up for Mexican jays

Mexican jays in Arizona are starting families earlier in the spring than they did 20 years ago.

References:

Brown, J.L., S.-H. Li, and N. Bhagabati. 1999. Long-term trend toward earlier breeding in an American bird: A response to global warming? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(May 11):5565.

Sources:

Jerram L. Brown
State University of New York, Albany
Department of Biological Sciences
Albany, NY 12222

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 24, June 12, 1999, p. 383. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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