Avian circannual clocks: Adaptive significance and possible involvement of energy turnover in their proximate control

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1490, 2008, Pages 411-423

  Wikelski, Martin ^a   Martin, Lynn B ^a,b   Scheuerlein, Alex ^c   Robinson, Maisha T ^a   Robinson, Nuriya D ^a   Helm, Barbara ^d   Hau, Michaela ^a   Gwinner, Eberhard ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circannual rhythms; Endogenous rhythms; Frequency de multiplication hypothesis; Melatonin; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HIBERNATION; MAMMAL; MIGRATION; PHOTOPERIOD; RAINFALL; SEASON;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 37049014888     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2147     Document Type: Review

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