When the sun never sets: Diverse activity rhythms under continuous daylight in free-living arctic-breeding birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1764, 2013, Pages

  Steiger, Silke S ^a   Valcu, Mihai ^a   Spoelstra, Kamiel ^a,b,c,d   Helm, Barbara ^b,e   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Arrhythmic activity; Calidris; Circadian clock; Continuous daylight; Mating system

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; INCUBATION; LIGHT EFFECT; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS PUSILLA;

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BIRD; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEMETRY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893019727     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1016     Document Type: Article

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