The Case of the Missing Mechanism: How Does Temperature Influence Seasonal Timing in Endotherms?

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Caro, Samuel P ^a   Schaper, Sonja V ^a   Hut, Roelof A ^b   Ball, Gregory F ^c   Visser, Marcel E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HIBERNATION; LIFE HISTORY; MARMOTA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREOPTIC AREA; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; SEASONAL TIMING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; GLOBAL WARMING; HIBERNATION; HUMANS; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876970621     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001517     Document Type: Article

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