Early to rise, early to breed: A role for daily rhythms in seasonal reproduction

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1266-1271

  Graham, Jessica L ^a   Cook, Natalie J ^b   Needham, Katie B ^a   Hau, Michaela ^c,d   Greives, Timothy J ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENEDICTINE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

chronotype; daily rhythms; seasonal timing.

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BREEDING SEASON; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; INCUBATION; LABORATORY METHOD; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SONGBIRD; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

JUNCO HYEMALIS; JUNCO HYEMALIS AIKENI; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 85030718066     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx088     Document Type: Article

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