Effect of artificial night lighting on temporally partitioned spiny mice

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-168

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

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acomys cahirinus; Acomys russatus; Activity patterns; Light night niche; Light pollution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION RISK; RODENT;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS; MUS SAXICOLA;

EID: 79951900687     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-112.1     Document Type: Article

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