Circadian activity rhythms in relation to season, sex and interspecific interactions in two Mediterranean voles

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1023-1030

  Pita, Ricardo ^a   Mira, António ^a   Beja, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Arvicola sapidus; Cosinor analysis; Mating behaviour; Mediterranean farmland; Microtus cabrerae; Species coexistence; Vole

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARRAY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYGYNY; RODENT; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ARVICOLA SAPIDUS; CABRERA; MICROTUS CABRERAE; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953305813     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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