Sbiophysical modeling of the temporal niche: From first principles to the evolution of activity patterns

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 794-804

  Levy, Ofir ^a   Dayan, Tamar ^a   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a   Porter, Warren P ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical ecology; Climate; Diurnality; Golden spiny mice; Microhabitat; Species activity patterns modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; BIOENERGETICS; BIOPHYSICS; DESERT; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MICROHABITAT; NICHE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS; MAMMALIA; MUS SAXICOLA; RODENTIA;

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MURINAE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MURINAE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84861368141     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665645     Document Type: Article

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