Environmental correlates of the annual fattening cycle of Spotted munia,Lonchura punctulata(Aves, Estrildidae)
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Interdisiplinary Cycle Research
- Vol. 11 (2) , 125-133
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09291018009359695
Abstract
Spotted munia exhibits a distinct annual periodicity in body weight, which does not coincide with the annual temperature and photoperiodic changes. A seasonal variation in daily feeding pattern could be associated with the cycle. An endogenous circannual oscillator with a periodicity of about 10 mo. may also be involved. This bird may be a suitable model for the studies of interaction of daily and annual events with respect to circannual rhythms.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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