Patterns of daily activity in the leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini): effects of food availability

Rezende, EL; Bozinovic F.

Abstract

The daily locomotor activity pattern of the nocturnal sigmodontine rodent Phyllotis darwini was analysed when faced with a differential offer of food. Animals with restricted food supply were less active during the day compared to animals who had access to food ad libitum, but no differences in activity were observed during the night. Minimization of energy expenditure may account for this behavioural plasticity, and such flexibility is extremely important in the unpredictable and low productive environments inhabited by P. darwini. © 2001 Academic Press.

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Título según WOS: Patterns of daily activity in the leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini): effects of food availability
Título según SCOPUS: Patterns of daily activity in the leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini): Effects of food availability
Título de la Revista: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
Volumen: 47
Número: 1
Editorial: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2001
Página de inicio: 95
Página final: 100
Idioma: English
URL: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140196300906748
DOI:

10.1006/jare.2000.0674

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS