Entrainment by different environmental stimuli in the frugivorous bats from the Lonar crater

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 445-452

  Vanlalnghaka, C ^a   Joshi, Dilip S ^a  

^a AHMEDNAGAR COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Flight activity; Rousettus leschenaulti; Twilight

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BAT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FLIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; LONAR CRATER; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

ROUSETTUS LESCHENAULTI;

EID: 30644478370     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291010500287337     Document Type: Article

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