Light masking in the field: An experiment with nocturnal and diurnal spiny mice under semi-natural field conditions

Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-75

  Rotics, Shay ^a   Dayan, Tamar ^a   Levy, Ofir ^a   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acomys; Activity patterns; Adaptive response; Body temperature; Field study; Light masking; Spiny mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURINAE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DESERT CLIMATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURINAE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS;

EID: 78650777129     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2010.525674     Document Type: Article

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