Photosensitivity in body mass and testicular activity of brahminy myna, Sturnus pagodarum

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 365-369

  Bhardwaj, Sanjay Kumar ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bird; Body mass; Brahminy myna; Gonads; Photoperiod; Photorefractoriness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DAY LENGTH; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STARLINGS; TESTIS;

AVES; STURNUS PAGODARUM;

EID: 5644283470     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2004041     Document Type: Article

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