Seasonal and diel transitions in physiology and behavior in the migratory dark-eyed junco

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-397

  Ramenofsky, Marilyn ^a,d   Savard, Roland ^b   Greenwood, M R C ^c  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Fatty acid synthase; Flight; Lipogenesis; Lipolysis; Lipoprotein lipase; Migration; Migratory restlessness; Physiology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLYCEROL; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLYING; GLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033039334     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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