Latitudinal gradients of biologically useful semi-darkness

Ecography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 578-582

  Mills, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRD; EARTH; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LUNAR CYCLE; MOON; PHENOLOGY; ROTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGUS VOCIFERUS;

EID: 53349140632     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2008.05346.x     Document Type: Article

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