Interseasonal variation in the circadian rhythms of locomotor activity and temperature selection in sleepy lizards, Tiliqua rugosa

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 701-712

  Ellis, David J ^a   Firth, Bruce T ^a   Belan, Ingrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural thermoregulation; Circadian rhythms; Locomotor activity; Reptiles; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONS;

EID: 48749112390     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0341-3     Document Type: Article

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