TY - JOUR AU - Dominoni, Davide M. AU - Goymann, Wolfgang AU - Helm, Barbara AU - Partecke, Jesko PY - 2013 DA - 2013/10/03 TI - Urban-like night illumination reduces melatonin release in European blackbirds (Turdus merula): implications of city life for biological time-keeping of songbirds JO - Frontiers in Zoology SP - 60 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Artificial light-at-night is known to affect a broad array of behaviours and physiological processes. In urbanized bird species, light-at-night advances important biological rhythms such as daily cycles of activity/rest and timing of reproduction, but our knowledge of the underlying physiological mechanisms is limited. Given its role as chronobiological signal, melatonin is a strong candidate for mediating the effects of light-at-night. SN - 1742-9994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-60 DO - 10.1186/1742-9994-10-60 ID - Dominoni2013 ER -