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Melatonin reduces migratory restlessness in Sylvia warblers during autumnal migration

INTRODUCTION: A remarkable aspect of bird migration is its nocturnality, particularly common in Passeriformes. The switch in activity from purely diurnal to also nocturnal is evident even in caged birds that during migratory periods develop an intense nocturnal restlessness, termed Zugunruhe. The me...

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Autores principales: Fusani, Leonida, Coccon, Francesca, Rojas Mora, Alfonso, Goymann, Wolfgang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24369961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-79