Golden hamsters are nocturnal in captivity but diurnal in nature

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-255

  Gattermann, Rolf ^a   Johnston, Robert E ^b   Yigit, Nuri ^c   Fritzsche, Peter ^a   Larimer, Samantha ^b   Özkurt, Sakir ^d   Neumann, Karsten ^a   Song, Zhimin ^b   Colak, Ercüment ^c   Johnston, Joan ^b   McPhee, M Elsbeth ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activity rhythms; Field study; Mesocricetus auratus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CAPTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; NICHE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RODENT; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIURNAL ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; HAMSTER; NATURAL SCIENCE; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 43249092086     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0066     Document Type: Article

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