Lunar and temperature effects on activity of free-living desert hamsters (Phodopus roborovskii, Satunin 1903)

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1769-1778

  Scheibler, Elke ^a   Roschlau, Corinna ^a   Brodbeck, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity; Desert hamster; Foraging; Moon; Temperature

Indexed keywords

PHODOPUS ROBOROVSKII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CHRONOBIOLOGY; DESERT CLIMATE; MOON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHINA; CHRONOBIOLOGY PHENOMENA; DESERT CLIMATE; MOON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907686887     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: 14321254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0782-4     Document Type: Article

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