Endogenous rhythms of seasonal migratory body mass changes and nocturnal restlessness in different populations of northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 268-276

  Maggini, Ivan ^a   Bairlein, Franz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

bird migration; body mass changes; endogenous program; nocturnal restlessness; Oenanthe oenanthe; seasonal rhythms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; MOROCCO; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; MOROCCO; NORWAY; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; OENANTHE (AVES); OENANTHE OENANTHE;

EID: 77955297707     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730410373442     Document Type: Article

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