Effect of photoperiod length on body mass and testicular growth in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and brahminy myna (Sturnus pagodarum)

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-76

  Bhardwaj, Sanjay Kumar ^a   Anushi, ^a  

^a CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass; Gonads; Passer domesticus; Photoperiod length; Sturnus pagodarum

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; MYNA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SPARROW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STURNUS PAGODARUM; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPARROWS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARLINGS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; STURNUS PAGODARUM;

EID: 32944464533     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2005065     Document Type: Article

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