Survival value of suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) in four wild sciurid rodents

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 240-249

  DeCoursey, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Predation; Sciurid rodents; Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN); Survival value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMMOSPERMOPHILUS LEUCURUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL SPECIES; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; HIBERNATION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCIURIDAE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SURVIVAL; TAMIAS; TAMIAS STRIATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84901790676     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036696     Document Type: Article

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