Daytime light intensity affects seasonal timing via changes in the nocturnal melatonin levels

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 693-696

  Kumar, Vinod ^a   Rani, Sangeeta ^a   Malik, Shalie ^a   Trivedi, Amit K ^a   Schwabl, Ingrid ^b   Helm, Barbara ^b   Gwinner, Eberhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Circannual rhythm; Light intensity; Melatonin; Seasonal timing; Song bird

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; BIRD; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PALEOTROPICS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; SAXICOLA TORQUATA AXILLARIS; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS;

AVES; SAXICOLA TORQUATA AXILLARIS;

EID: 34447129746     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0243-1     Document Type: Article

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