Dose-dependent responses of avian daily rhythms to artificial light at night

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 172-179

  de Jong, Maaike ^a   Jeninga, Lizanne ^a   Ouyang, Jenny Q ^a   van Oers, Kees ^a   Spoelstra, Kamiel ^a,b   Visser, Marcel E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial light at night; Circadian rhythm; Dose response; Great tit; Light intensity; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHYTHM; ACTIMETRY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ILLUMINATION; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SONGBIRD;

ACTIGRAPHY; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84949986221     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.12.012     Document Type: Article

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