Evidence against a period of relative photorefractoriness during the recovery of photosensitivity in common starlings

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-121

  Dawson, Alistair ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone; Photorefractoriness; Seasonality; Starling; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT REFRACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 1042275587     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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