A tropical bird can use the equatorial change in sunrise and sunset times to synchronize its circannual clock

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1742, 2012, Pages 3527-3534

  Goymann, Wolfgang ^a   Helm, Barbara ^b,c   Jensen, Willi ^a   Schwabl, Ingrid ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circannual rhythm; Equation of time; Life cycle; Moult zeitgeber; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONSPECIFIC; LIFE CYCLE; MOLT; PASSERINE; PERIODICITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AVES; PASSERI; SAXICOLA;

EID: 84864368635     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0743     Document Type: Article

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