Effects of temperature on photoperiodically induced reproductive development, circulating plasma luteinizing hormone and thyroid hormones, body mass, fat deposition and molt in mountain white-crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-158

  Wingfield, John C ^a   Hahn, Thomas P ^a,b   Maney, Donna L ^a,c   Schoech, Stephan J ^a,d   Wada, Masaru ^a,e   Morton, Martin L ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FAT; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEAT STRESS; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037382117     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00648-2     Document Type: Article

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