... by an intermediate environmental cue, such as plant phenology, remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the direct effects of temperature on reproductive timing in house finches ( Haemorhous mexicanus ), which have a range and breeding diet not well represented in previous studies of temperature...

... with a highly dynamic metabolome, and its termination, once initiated by cold, is associated with temperature-independent changes in profiles of several key metabolites. Hypometabolism Stress Cryoprotectant Developmental plasticity Biological clock Phenology Life in seasonal environments...

... and resident birds exhibit differences in reproductive development consistent with adaptive specialization in the use of photoperiodic cues, but not social cues, to regulate reproductive development. Migration Reproduction Song Phenology Avian Seasonal timing For seasonally breeding...

... the winter cold period. Thus, regulatory differences during winter ultimately drive phenological differences that manifest themselves in the following summer. Expression and polymorphism analysis identify candidate genes in the Wnt and insulin signaling pathways that contribute to population differences...

... Ltd 2015 Summary: Evolutionary changes to the timing of diapause will be key for insects to adapt to a globally warming climate; putative loci responsible for timing shifts are identified. Temporal isolation Dormancy Phenology Developmental timing Lepidoptera Defined...

.... These findings indicate that higher night-time temperatures mainly affect rate processes and that certain aspects of life history are less directly temperature dependent. As our findings confirm that climate warming is likely to increase the rate of development as well as advance reproductive phenology, we...

.... However, it is possible that for species such as the great tit ( Parus major L.), phenological cues from sprouting vegetation and the consequent abundance of invertebrate prey, although dependent on temperature, may provide supplementary environmental cues per se. This hypothesis was investigated...

.... M. ( 2001 ). Warmer springs disrupt the synchrony of oak and winter moth phenology. Proc. Biol. Sci. 268 , 289 -294. Visser, M. E., van Noordwijk, A. J., Tinbergen, J. M. and Lessells, C. M. ( 1998 ). Warmer springs lead to mistimed reproduction in great tits ( Parus major ). Proc. Biol...