Control of annual reproductive cycle in the subtropical house sparrow (Passer domesticus): Evidence for conservation of photoperiodic control mechanisms in birds

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Trivedi, Amit K ^a   Rani, Sangeeta ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 33748607977     PISSN: 17429994     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-3-12     Document Type: Article

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