Artificial light at night advances avian reproductive physiology

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1756, 2013, Pages

  Dominoni, Davide ^a,b   Quetting, Michael ^a,b   Partecke, Jesko ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial light at night; Light loggers; Light pollution; Testicular growth; Timing of reproduction; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT POLLUTION; PHENOTYPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 84878350632     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.3017     Document Type: Article

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