The effect of the lunar cycle on fecal cortisol metabolite levels and foraging ecology of nocturnally and diurnally active spiny mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Gutman, Roee ^a,b   Dayan, Tamar ^a   Levy, Ofir ^a   Schubert, Iris ^a   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES LEVEL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; METABOLITE; MOON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STEROID METABOLISM; ANIMAL; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MICE; MOON;

EID: 79961157698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023446     Document Type: Article

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