Daily patterns of the locomotor activity of Bothrops jararacussu (Serpentes: Viperidae): A response to environmental lighting conditions or an endogenous rhythm?
While most circadian biologists would probably assume that circadian clocks drive activity patterns, it is also well known that environmental stimuli may mask endogenous rhythms by either increasing or suppressing activity. The hypothesis that circadian rhythms are generally entrained by exogenous c...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2008-12-01
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Series: | Biotemas |
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Online Access: | http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume214/p123a129.pdf |