Changes in circadian LH-secretion patterns and annual gonadal cycles in the male European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-347

  Dittami, John ^a   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a   Follett, Brian ^b   Prossinger, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual testes cycle; Circadian luteinizing hormone secretion; Starling

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PASSERINE; SECRETION;

STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 27744446541     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0014-8     Document Type: Article

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