Shortening Daylight Periods Between May 15 and September 12 and the Pelt Cycle of the Mink

5 May 1939

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 89 (2314) , 418-419
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.89.2314.418

Abstract

Assumption of winter prime pelt by mink may be induced in summer despite relatively high temps. or hastened in autumn by reducing the duration of the periods of light (and/or its intensity) to which the animals are exposed daily.

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