Activity patterns of rodents: The physiological ecology of biological rhythms

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-211

  Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a   Dayan, Tamar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acomys russatus; Circadian rhythms; Diurnal activity; Ecology; Masking; Temporal partitioning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LABORATORY METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CASE STUDY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOLOGY; FOOD; MASKING; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PREDATION; REVIEW; RODENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS; ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 40449100346     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291010701683268     Document Type: Review

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