Adaptive specialization, conditional plasticity and phylogenetic history in the reproductive cue response systems of birds

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1490, 2008, Pages 267-286

  Hahn, Thomas P ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental cues; Photoperiodism; Photorefractoriness; Seasonal breeding; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANNUAL CYCLE; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI;

EID: 37049019442     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2139     Document Type: Review

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