Under cover of darkness: Nocturnal life of diurnal birds

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-231

  Mukhin, Andrey ^a,b   Grinkevich, Vitaly ^a   Helm, Barbara ^b  

^a Zoological Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Diel timing; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Homing; Migration; Nocturnality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHOTOPERIOD; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 66149189300     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730409335349     Document Type: Article

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