Experimental determination of the photoperiodic basis for geographic variation in avian seasonality

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue SUPLL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Coppack, Timothy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circannual rhythms; Life cycle; Migration; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MOLT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONALITY; TESTING METHOD;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 36949031270     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0158-9     Document Type: Review

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