GPS based daily activity patterns in european red deer and North American elk (Cervus elaphus): Indication for a weak circadian clock in ungulates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Ensing, Erik P ^a   Ciuti, Simone ^b,c   De Wijs, Freek A L M ^a   Lentferink, Dennis H ^a   Hoedt, Andréten ^d   Boyce, Mark S ^c   Hut, Roelof A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Natuurmonumenten Eenheid Veluwezoom   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAZING; HEAD MOVEMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RED DEER; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; DEER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; DEER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84930078806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106997     Document Type: Article

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