The effects of low levels of light at night upon the endocrine physiology of western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica).

@article{Schoech2013TheEO,
  title={The effects of low levels of light at night upon the endocrine physiology of western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica).},
  author={Stephan J. Schoech and Reed Bowman and Thomas P. Hahn and Wolfgang Goymann and Ingrid Schwabl and Eli S. Bridge},
  journal={Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological genetics and physiology},
  year={2013},
  volume={319 9},
  pages={
          527-38
        }
}
  • S. Schoech, R. Bowman, +3 authors E. Bridge
  • Published 1 November 2013
  • Biology
  • Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological genetics and physiology
Florida scrub-jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) in the suburbs breed earlier than jays in native habitat. Amongst the possible factors that influence this advance (e.g., food availability, microclimate, predator regime, etc.), is exposure to artificial lights at night (LAN). LAN could stimulate the reproductive axis of the suburban jays. Alternatively, LAN could inhibit pineal melatonin (MEL), thus removing its inhibitory influence on the reproductive axis. Because Florida scrub-jays are a… 
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