Telemetric field studies of body temperature and activity rhythms of Acomys russatus and A. cahirinus in the Judean Desert of Israel

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 484-492

  Elvert, R ^a   Kronfeld, N ^b   Dayan, T ^b   Haim, A ^c   Zisapel, N ^b   Heldmaier, G ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acomys; Activity Circadian rhythms; Body temperature; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY TEMPERATURE; RODENT;

ISRAEL;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS;

EID: 0033066657     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050811     Document Type: Article

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