Activity pattern of echimyid rodent species from the Brazilian Caatinga in captivity

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-166

  Marcomini, Monique ^a   Spinelli De Oliveira, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity rhythm; Caatinga; Cosinor method; Echimyidae; Neotropical rodents; P. T. albispinus; Proechimys T. yonenagae; Semiarid; Spiny rats; Trichomys apereoides; Trinomys

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; RODENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAZIL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PROECHIMYS ALBISPINUS; PROECHIMYS YONENAGAE; RAT; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHOMYS APEREOIDES;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; ECHIMYIDAE; PROECHIMYS; PROECHIMYS ALBISPINUS; RODENTIA; TRINOMYS ALBISPINUS; TRINOMYS YONENAGAE;

EID: 0037961208     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.34.2.157.14491     Document Type: Conference Paper

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