Orientation to solar radiation in black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1065-1077

  Maloney, Shane K ^a,c   Moss, Graeme ^b   Mitchell, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b Department for Environment and Heritage ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Black wildebeest; Connochaetes gnou; Diel activity patterns; Orientation; Thermoregulation; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; RUMINANTS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27744548237     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0031-3     Document Type: Article

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