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Photoperiodism

The response of plants and animals to changes in the relative lengths of day and night. These affect the hormone producing glands and so control such aspects of the birds' lives as the timing of the start of the breeding season.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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