Light loggers reveal weather-driven changes in the daily activity patterns of arboreal and semifossorial rodents

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1230-1239

  Williams, Cory T ^a   Wilsterman, Kathryn ^b   Kelley, Amanda D ^c   Breton, André R ^d   Stark, Herbert ^e   Humphries, Murray M ^f   McAdam, Andrew G ^g   Barnes, Brian M ^h   Boutin, Stan ^c   Buck, C Loren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^e SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

arctic ground squirrel; circadian rhythms; environmental conditions; foraging behavior; geolocation tag; North American red squirrel; reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOREGULATION;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 84920423208     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/14-MAMM-A-062     Document Type: Article

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