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Moon Phase Synchronization

Moon Phase Synchronization is a reproductive timing mechanism that aligns breeding or spawning events with specific lunar phases, thereby maximizing environmental predictability and offspring survival through synchronization with moon-dependent ecological conditions.

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Lunar Periodicity

C. Hauenschild · Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology · 1960 · 119 citations · Full text

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Downstream migration of Atlantic salmon smolts in relation to water flow, water temperature, moon phase and social interaction

Nils Arne Hvidsten, Arne J. Jensen, H. Vivaas et al. · 1995 · 97 citations

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Amphibians’ response to the lunar synodic cycle—a review of current knowledge, recommendations, and implications for conservation

Rachel Grant, Tim Halliday, Elizabeth A. Chadwick · Behavioral Ecology · 2012 · 72 citations · Full text

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Does predation risk, through moon phase and predator cues, modulate food intake, antipredatory and physiological responses in wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus)?

Álvaro Navarro‐Castilla, Isabel Barja · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2014 · 64 citations

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The moon cycle effect on the activity patterns of ocelots and their prey

Luís Pedro Pratas-Santiago, André Luís Sousa Gonçalves, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares et al. · Journal of Zoology · 2016 · 52 citations

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Authors

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  1. SJ
    Stanley J. Nemfc

    Texas A&M University, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  2. DJ
    David J. Anderson

    Wake Forest University, United States

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  3. RG
    Rachel Grant

    Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 72 citations

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  4. VA
    Vsevolod Afanasyev

    British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  5. EC
    Emmanuel Cordier

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    1 publications · 47 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

    Pöcking, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    152 citations

  2. University of Konstanz

    Konstanz, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  3. Kagoshima University

    Kagoshima, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  4. Anglia Ruskin University

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    72 citations

  5. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  6. Clarkson University

    Potsdam, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

  7. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    128 citations

  8. Science Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    72 citations

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  1. Perceptual and Motor Skills

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  3. Journal of Mammalogy

    JM · 1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. Biodiversity and Conservation

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  5. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    1 publications · 64 citations

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