Circadian and seasonal responses in indian weaver bird: Subjective interpretation of day and night depends upon both light intensity and contrast between illuminations

Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 758-763

  Pandey, Rohit Kumar ^a   Bhardwaj, Sanjay Kumar ^a  

^a CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Indian weaver bird; Light intensity; Locomotor activity; Zeitgeber time

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TESTIS;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TESTIS;

AVES;

EID: 81255202032     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2011.603873     Document Type: Article

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