Determinants of daily activity patterns in a free-living afrotropical solitary subterranean rodent

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1009-1016

  Šklíba, Jan ^a   Šumbera, Radim ^a   Chitaukali, Wilbert N ^b   Burda, Hynek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Circadian activity; Heliophobius; Mole rat; Radiotelemetry; Subterranean rodent; Temperature; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PERIODICITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BATHYERGIDAE; HELIOPHOBIUS; HELIOPHOBIUS ARGENTEOCINEREUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 36649005793     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-235R1.1     Document Type: Article

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