What were "owls" doing in our ancestral photoperiodic environment? Chronobiological account for the evolutionary advantage of nocturnal lifestyle

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 759-787

  Putilov, Arcady A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

age; alertness; chronotype; evolutionary psychology; honest signalling; lek; morning evening preference; overt circadian rhythm; sex difference; sexual selection; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906944402     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2014.913950     Document Type: Article

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