Variable allocation of activity to daylight and night in the mallard
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- 作者：Pius Kornera ; pius.korner@bluewin.ch" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Annette Sautera ; Wolfgang Fiedlerb ; Lukas Jennia
- 关键词：activity budget ; Anas platyrhynchos ; diel rhythm ; flexible activity allocation ; mallard ; moon ; weather
- 刊名：Animal Behaviour
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：115
- 期：Complete
- 页码：69-79
- 全文大小：632 K
文摘
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We used tags with accelerometers to study the short-term activity budget of mallards.
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Activity levels negatively correlated between day and night.
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Periods of excess activity gradually switched from day to night and vice versa.
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Large individual flexibility in the allocation of activity over the day.