Circadian control of nocturnal songbird migration

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2011, Pages

  Coppack, Timothy ^a   Bairlein, Franz ^b  

^a Institute of Applied Ecology IfAÖ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Melatonin; Migratory restlessness; Photoperiod; Zugunruhe

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84905092956     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0708-z     Document Type: Article

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