Activity of root voles (Microtus oeconomus) under snow: Social encounters synchronize individual activity rhythms

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-263

  Korslund, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Small rodent; Social entrainment; Subnivean; Synchrony; Ultradian activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; PHOTOPERIOD; RODENT; SNOW COVER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAGGING;

MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33751378159     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0256-3     Document Type: Article

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