DeCS

Descriptor English:

Photoperiod

Descriptor Spanish:

Fotoperiodo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	fotoperíodo
Scope note:	Periodo de tiempo de exposición diaria a la luz solar o artificial que recibe un organismo. Se cree que las respuestas fotoperíodicas pueden afectar al control del equilibrio energético y la termorregulación.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Fotoperíodo

Descriptor French:

Photopériode

Entry term(s):

Cycle, Dark-Light
Cycle, Daylight
Cycle, Light
Cycle, Light-Dark
Cycles, Dark-Light
Cycles, Daylight
Cycles, Light
Cycles, Light-Dark
Dark Light Cycle
Dark-Light Cycle
Dark-Light Cycles
Daylight Cycle
Daylight Cycles
Light Cycle
Light Cycles
Light Dark Cycle
Light-Dark Cycle
Light-Dark Cycles
Photoperiods

Tree number(s):

G01.910.675

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017440

Scope note:

The time period of daily exposure that an organism receives from daylight or artificial light. It is believed that photoperiodic responses may affect the control of energy balance and thermoregulation.

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

Previous Indexing:

Light (1966-1992)
Periodicity (1966-1992)

Public MeSH Note:

History Note:

Circadian Rhythm MeSH

DeCS ID:

30621

Unique ID:

D017440

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1993/01/01

Date of Entry:

1992/05/22

Revision Date:

2010/06/25

PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES

Physical Phenomena [G01]

Physical Phenomena

Time [G01.910]

Time

Chronology as Topic [G01.910.200]

Chronology as Topic

Half-Life [G01.910.405]

Half-Life

Periodicity [G01.910.645]

Periodicity

Photoperiod [G01.910.675]

Photoperiod

Time Factors [G01.910.857]

Time Factors

Photoperiod - Preferred

Concept UI	M0026460
Scope note	The time period of daily exposure that an organism receives from daylight or artificial light. It is believed that photoperiodic responses may affect the control of energy balance and thermoregulation.
Preferred term	Photoperiod
Entry term(s)	Photoperiods

Light Cycle - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M0533575
Preferred term	Light Cycle
Entry term(s)	Cycle, Dark-Light Cycle, Light Cycle, Light-Dark Cycles, Dark-Light Cycles, Light Cycles, Light-Dark Dark Light Cycle Dark-Light Cycle Dark-Light Cycles Light Cycles Light Dark Cycle Light-Dark Cycle Light-Dark Cycles

Daylight Cycle - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M0533576
Preferred term	Daylight Cycle
Entry term(s)	Cycle, Daylight Cycles, Daylight Daylight Cycles

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