Social and environmental influences on daily activity pattern in free-living subterranean rodents: The case of a eusocial bathyergid

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 203-214

  Šklíba, Jan ^a   Lövy, Matěj ^a   Hrouzková, Ema ^a   Kott, Ondřej ^a   Okrouhlík, Jan ^a   Šumbera, Radim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; circadian rhythms; daily activity pattern; eusociality; Fukomys anselli; radio telemetry; subterranean rodent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902516984     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730414526358     Document Type: Article

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