Effects of photoperiod on daily locomotor activity, energy expenditure, and feeding behavior in a seasonal mammal

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Warner, Amy ^a   Jethwa, Preeti H ^a   Wyse, Catherine A ^b   I'Anson, Helen ^c   Brameld, John M ^a   Ebling, Francis J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily rhythms; Energy expenditure; Feeding behavior; Locomotor activity; Seasonality; Siberian hamster

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRICETINAE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAIR; MALE; MAMMALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS;

EID: 77951757577     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00279.2009     Document Type: Article

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