Variation among individuals in photoperiod responses: Effects of breeding schedule, photoperiod, and age-related photoperiodic experience in birds

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 323, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 368-374

  Watts, Heather E ^a   Macdougall Shackleton, Scott A ^b   Hahn, Thomas P ^c  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; FINCH; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CUES; FINCHES; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS;

EID: 84934934640     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1929     Document Type: Article

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