Evidence for the adaptive significance of circadian rhythms

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 970-981

  Yerushalmi, Shai ^a   Green, Rachel M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Circadian; Fitness; Phenotype; Physical environment; Plasticity; Rhythms; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FITNESS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; SEX;

CYANOBACTERIA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 68849098242     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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