Lab and field experiments: are they the same animal?

RM Calisi, GE Bentley - Hormones and behavior, 2009 - Elsevier
To advance our understanding of biological processes we often plan our experiments based
on published data. This can be confusing though, as data from experiments performed in a …

The evolution of cathemerality in primates and other mammals: a comparative and chronoecological approach

DJ Curtis, MA Rasmussen - Folia Primatologica, 2006 - karger.com
Non-primate mammalian activity cycles are highly variable across and within taxonomic
groups. In contrast, the order Primates has historically been recognized as displaying a …

[图书][B] Circadian physiology

R Refinetti - 2016 - books.google.com
Circadian rhythms influence most of our life activities, notably getting up and going to sleep
every day. The new edition of this book delves into the mechanisms surrounding how these …

Time and ecological resilience: can diurnal animals compensate for climate change by shifting to nocturnal activity?

O Levy, T Dayan, WP Porter… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable research is aimed at developing predictions of ecosystem responses to
climate change, focusing on the spatial scale, such as range shifts and contractions, as well …

Microclimate in burrows of subterranean rodents—revisited

H Burda, R Šumbera, S Begall - Subterranean rodents: news from …, 2007 - Springer
The subterranean ecotope provides its inhabitants with several advantages. Burrowing
(fossorial) mammals construct or visit existing burrow systems regularly or temporarily for …

Interannual cycles of Hantaan virus outbreaks at the human–animal interface in Central China are controlled by temperature and rainfall

H Tian, P Yu, B Cazelles, L Xu, H Tan… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Hantavirus, a rodent-borne zoonotic pathogen, has a global distribution with 200,000 human
infections diagnosed annually. In recent decades, repeated outbreaks of hantavirus …

Climate variability and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome transmission in Northeastern China

WY Zhang, WD Guo, LQ Fang, CP Li, P Bi… - Environmental …, 2010 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background The transmission of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is
influenced by climatic variables. However, few studies have examined the quantitative …

Thermoregulation in endotherms: physiological principles and ecological consequences

EL Rezende, LD Bacigalupe - Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2015 - Springer
In a seminal study published nearly 70 years ago, Scholander et al.(Biol Bull 99: 259–271,
1950) employed Newton's law of cooling to describe how metabolic rates (MR) in birds and …

Seasonal Changes in Locomotor Activity Patterns of Wild Social Natal Mole-Rats (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis)

KT Finn, AK Janse van Vuuren, DW Hart… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Differences in individual locomotor activity patterns may be linked to a number of ecological
factors, such as changes in ambient temperature or photoperiod. Observations on …

Home-Range and Activity Patterns of the South American Subterranean Rodent Ctenomys talarum

AP Cutrera, CD Antinuchi, MS Mora… - Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Subterranean rodents are characterized by limited individual mobility and patchy distribution
of local populations, all of which have been related to the great evolutionary diversification of …