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EDRI Federal Project Inventory:
Environmental Control of Seasonal Breeding in Diverse Habitats
- Sponsor Organization: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
- Project Title: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OF SEASONAL BREEDING IN DIVERSE HABITATS
- Project Focus: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
- Description: The environmental factors, such as daylength, temperature and
humidity, play animportant role in the regulation of reproductive
success in animals in the wild. Thesefactors affect neural and
endocrine function that facilitate adaptive behaviors of animalsto
their environment. Dr. Wingfield is conducting laboratory and field
studies todetermine how environmental signals interact with social
cues to regulateneuroendocrine and endocrine secretions that
orchestrate reproductive developmentand success. Identification of
sensory modalities and neural pathways by whichenvironmental
information impinges upon the brain are also under investigation.
Thesestudies represent a highly integrated blend of field
investigations coupled withmathematical treatment of natural history
data that will then interface directly withphysiological, cell and
molecular mechanisms. The results will provide crucial newinformation
on how organisms interpret environmental information which in turn
couldhave practical application as to how animals, particularly
vertebrates, may respond toglobal change in the near future.
- References:
- Category: MODELS
- Subcategory: BASIC RESEARCH
- Keywords for Experimental System/Species: AVIAN, IN VIVO, FIELD/LABORATORY STUDIES
- Keywords for Experimental Endpoints: NEUROLOGICAL, REPRODUCTIVE, HORMONE MEASURES, HORMONE RECEPTORS, SEX
STEROIDS, PEPTIDE HORMONES, PHYSIOLOGY, BREEDING BEHAVIOR, STRESS
RESPONSE
- Chemical Agents: Sex Steroids
- Performing Institution: University of Washington
- Contact: John C Wingfield, Seattle, WA 98195 206 543-2100
wingfield@u.washington.edu
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