Photoperiodic Control of Seasonality in Birds

By A. Dawson, V. King, G. Bentley, Gregory F Ball. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 2001

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Subfields: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

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A framework for the study of genetic variation in migratory behaviour (2006, positive): “Since the first experimental demonstration of a photoperiodic response in a migratory bird in 1925 (Rowan 1925), numerous studies have dealt with the physiological control mechanisms underlying avian breeding and migration cycles (reviewed in: Gwinner 1996; Dawson et al. 2001).”
Seasonal variation in the duetting behaviour of rufous-and-white wrens (Thryothorus rufalbus) (2008, background): “The timing of optimal conditions is argued to be less predictable in the tropics, such that tropical species may remain in a state of ‘readiness to breed’ for substantial portions of the year (Hau et al. 2000; Dawson et al. 2001).”
Reproductive asynchrony and population divergence between two tropical bird populations (2005, background): “Photoperiodicity has been especially well studied in temperate-zone birds (Dawson et al., 2001) where the ultimately predictable change in the length of the day is the initial predictive cue used to time reproduction (Wingfield and Farner, 1993; Wingfield and Kenagy, 1991).”
Timing of reproduction in a Darwin's finch: temporal opportunism under spatial constraints (2004, neutral): “needs for raising their offsping (Dawson et al. 2001).”
The dark side of light at night: physiological, epidemiological, and ecological consequences (2007, background): “The timing of avian reproduction and molt also often depends upon seasonal changes in day length [3], and many species, including some birds [4,5], rodents [6], bats [7], and marine animals [8], adjust foraging activities according to changes in the lunar cycle.”
The effect of temperature on photoperiodically regulated gonadal maturation, regression and moult in starlings – potential consequences of climate change (2005, background): “Birds (as other animals) use the vernal increase in photoperiod as a reliable cue to anticipate the onset of the breeding season so that the cascade of physiological and behavioural changes that must precede hatching is timed appropriately (Dawson et al. 2001; Ball & Balthazart 2003).”
The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal (2013, background): “In temperate and polar ecosystems, organisms frequently use day length as a cue to initiate such seasonal phenological events as germination, bud formation and burst, reproduction, senescence, eclosion, diapause, moult, embryonic development, and migration (e.g. Gwinner, 1977; Densmore, 1997; Dawson”
Territoriality and testosterone in an equatorial population of rufous-collared sparrows, Zonotrichia capensis (2004, background): “In males of northern latitude bird species, plasma testosterone concentrations tend to be elevated during the early breeding season when territories are established and pair bonds are formed (Wingfield & Kenagy 1991; Ball & Bentley 2000; Dawson et al. 2001).”
Photoperiodic Response and the Adaptability of Avian Life Cycles to Environmental Change (2004, background): “Long days after breeding induce gonadal regression and reproductive photorefractoriness, i.e., insensitivity of the hypothalamus – pituitary – gonadal axes towards long-day stimulation (reviewed by Hahn et al., 1997; Nicholls et al., 1988; Dawson et al., 2001).”
Homeostasis of eye growth and the question of myopia. (2004, neutral): “Thus, it is known that within minutes of removing part of a rat liver the recepduring the year (Dawson et al., 2001).”
Seize the night: European Blackbirds (Turdus merula) extend their foraging activity under artificial illumination (2015, background): “The circadian rhythmic of endogenous biological clocks and their adjustment to the external environment allow organisms to optimally time their activity and biological processes (Navara and Nelson 2007; Dawson et al. 2001).”