A seasonally breeding tropical bird lacks absolute photorefractoriness in the wild, despite high photoperiodic sensitivity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 505-512

  Beebe, K ^a   Bentley, G E ^b   Hau, M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental cue; Gonad development; Luteinizing hormone; Photoperiodism; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; PHOTOPERIOD;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; HYLOPHYLAX;

EID: 23444431618     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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