Periodic food availability synchronizes locomotor and feeding activity in pinealectomized house sparrows

Zoology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Heigl, Sabine ^a   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a  

^a Forschungsstelle fur Ornithologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Food synchronization; Locomotor activity; Pineal; Restricted feeding

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0040710462     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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