Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the reddish-grey musk shrew (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) from South Africa

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-132

  van der Merwe, I ^a   Oosthuizen, M K ^a   Chimimba, C T ^a   Bennett, N C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Crocidura cyanea; Free run; Locomotor activity; Soricidae

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENTRAINMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; SMALL MAMMAL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CROCIDURA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE; SUNCUS;

EID: 79956143920     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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