Environmental temperature versus spontaneous running?wheel activity in the red squirrel, TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS

Autor:	J. H. Ferguson, D. P. Clarkson
Rok vydání:	1972
Předmět:	Male Atmospheric Science Behavior Animal Ecology Heat balance Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Physical Exertion Temperature Sciuridae Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure Running activity Biology Animal science Environmental temperature Animals Female Body Temperature Regulation
Zdroj:	International Journal of Biometeorology. 16:269-276
ISSN:	1432-1254 0020-7128
DOI:	10.1007/bf01553738
Popis:	The effect of ambient temperature on the daily running activity of the red squirrel TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS was investigated. Running-wheel activity (min/day) of live-trapped male and female animals was monitored for 7 days in the laboratory after 10–16 days adaptation at environmental temperatures of 10°, 20°, 30° and 35°C and the mean daily activity correlated with Ta. The data show that activity and environmental temperature are inversely related. It is believed that the level of spontaneous running-wheel activity at these temperatures is a function of the heat balance of the animal.
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