Annual rhythms that underlie phenology: Biological time-keeping meets environmental change

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1765, 2013, Pages

  Helm, Barbara ^a   Ben Shlomo, Rachel ^b   Sheriff, Michael J ^c   Hut, Roelof A ^d   Foster, Russell ^e   Barnes, Brian M ^c   Dominoni, Davide ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circannual; Global change; Hibernation; Migration; Photoperiod; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MAMMAL; NEUROLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTIC ZONE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONALITY; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; HIBERNATION; HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; URBANIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HIBERNATION; HUMANS; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84894822795     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0016     Document Type: Review

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