Temporal niche switching and reduced nest attendance in response to heat dissipation limits in lactating common voles (Microtus arvalis)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 295-302

  Van der Vinne, Vincent ^a   Simons, Mirre J P ^a   Reimert, Inonge ^a   Gerkema, Menno P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Circadian rhythm; Circadian thermo energetics hypothesis; Lactation; Nest attendance; Sustained energy intake; Temporal niche switch; Ultradian rhythm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HYPERTHERMIA; LACTATION; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM; WEANING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARVICOLINAE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LACTATION; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896750781     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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