Melatonin reduces migratory restlessness in Sylvia warblers during autumnal migration

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fusani, Leonida ^a   Coccon, Francesca ^b   Rojas Mora, Alfonso ^c,d   Goymann, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian; Bird migration; Blackcap; Garden warbler; Melatonin; Migratory restlessness; Nocturnal migration; Passeriformes; Songbird; Zugunruhe

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; SYLVIA BORIN; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84890895731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-79     Document Type: Article

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