Long-term effects of chronic light pollution on seasonal functions of European blackbirds (Turdus merula)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLACKBIRD; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; GONAD FUNCTION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT POLLUTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLTING; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; URBAN POPULATION; ANIMAL; CITY; GERMANY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CITIES; GERMANY; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLTING; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84893163214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085069     Document Type: Article

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