Individual variation in sleep-wake rhythms in free-living birds

Chronobiology International

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1216-1226

  Mueller, Jakob C ^a   Steinmeyer, Corinna ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue tit; Cyanistes caeruleus; Hypothermia; REMSWS sleep; Repeatability; Ultradian rhythm

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SLEEP; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84867302155     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.705404     Document Type: Article

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