Light pollution alters the phenology of dawn and dusk singing in common european songbirds

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1667, 2015, Pages

  Da Silva, Arnaud ^a   Valcu, Mihai ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; LIGHT POLLUTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHENOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; URBANIZATION; WOODLAND;

ANIMALIA; PASSERI;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; ILLUMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; LIGHTING; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WEATHER;

EID: 84924891426     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0126     Document Type: Article

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