Entrainment of activity rhythms to temperature cycles in diurnal palm squirrels

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 271-277

  Rajaratnam, Shantha M W ^a   Redman, Jennifer R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Circadian; Diurnal; Entrainment; Funambulus pennanti; Nonphotic; Palm squirrel; Phase relationship

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COORDINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL;

EID: 0031973415     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00440-X     Document Type: Article

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