Regulation of activity in desert-living striped mice: The importance of basking

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 606-614

  Schradin, Carsten ^a,b   Krackow, Sven ^c   Schubert, Melanie ^a   Keller, Christina ^a   Schradin, Brigitte ^a   Pillay, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DESERT; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHOTOPERIOD; RODENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MAMMALIA; MUS; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO;

EID: 34547459588     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01361.x     Document Type: Article

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