Masking and temporal niche switches in spiny mice

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-52

  Cohen, Rotem ^a   Smale, Laura ^b   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Diurnal; Masking; Nocturnal; Spiny mice; Temporal partitioning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; MALE; MURINAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; MALE; MURINAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 74149084108     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730409351672     Document Type: Article

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