Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) Respond to Increased Ambient Temperatures with a Seasonal Shift in the Timing of Their Daily Inactivity Patterns

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 365-374

  Davimes, Joshua G ^a   Alagaili, Abdulaziz N ^b,c   Gravett, Nadine ^a   Bertelsen, Mads F ^d   Mohammed, Osama B ^b   Ismail, Khairy ^e   Bennett, Nigel C ^b,f   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Saudi Wildlife Authority ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^d CENTER FOR ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Denmark)

^e Prince Saud Alfaisal Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arabian oryx; circadian rhythms; masking; seasonality; sleep; temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DESERT CLIMATE; FEVER; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ACTIGRAPHY; ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DESERT CLIMATE; FEVER; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84978476638     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730416645729     Document Type: Article

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