Two strategies for coping with food shortage in desert golden spiny mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Gutman, Roee ^a   Yosha, Dotan ^a   Choshniak, Itzhak ^a   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acomys; Activity patterns; Body mass; Circadian rhythms; Desert; Food restriction; Starvation induced hyperactivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DESERT; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD STORAGE; GOLDEN SPINY MICE; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MONITORING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION;

EID: 33845477258     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.033     Document Type: Article

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