Natural twilight phase-response curves for the cave-dwelling bat, Hipposideros speoris

Chronobiology International

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 793-800

  Vanlalnghaka, C ^a   Keny, V L ^a   Satralkar, M K ^a   Khare, P V ^a   Pujari, P D ^a   Joshi, D S ^a  

^a AHMEDNAGAR COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bat; Circadian rhythm; Hipposideros speoris; Phase response curves; Twilight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLYING; HIPPOSIDEROSIS SPEORIS; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PHOTOPERIOD; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOSIDEROS SPEORIS; MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 27644493718     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520500263094     Document Type: Article

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