A single long day triggers follicle growth in captive female great tits (Parus major) in winter but does not affect laying dates in the wild in spring

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  te Marvelde, Luc ^a   Schaper, Sonja V ^a   Visser, Marcel E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING SUCCESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GREAT TITS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PARUS MAJOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WINTER; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PASSERIFORMES; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84860158410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035617     Document Type: Article

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