Fig. 4: A summary of the time-dependent effects of food availability/ feeding in diurnal zebra finches.
Left panel shows the effects on parameters of reproduction (competence, performance and fitness) in zebra finch pairs subjected to a 4-h food restriction (for experimental details please refer to the Fig. 3). The right panel compares the metabolic effects in female zebra finches fed only during the 12 h light period with those fed ad libitum under the dLAN environment. The upward and downward arrows indicate significant increase and decrease, respectively, in the parameter assayed at p < 0.05 levels under dLAN, as compared to the LD condition. The figure is drawn based on results from our laboratory included in publications by Mishra and Kumar3, and Batra et al.48 (for reference details see the reference section).
