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Abrupt switch to migratory night flight in a wild migratory songbird

Every year, billions of wild diurnal songbirds migrate at night. To do so, they shift their daily rhythm from diurnality to nocturnality. In captivity this is observed as a gradual transition of daytime activity developing into nocturnal activity, but how wild birds prepare their daily rhythms for m...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Zúñiga, Daniel, Falconer, Jade, Fudickar, Adam M., Jensen, Willi, Schmidt, Andreas, Wikelski, Martin, Partecke, Jesko
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5035921/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27666200
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep34207
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