Daily Activity of Short-tailed Shrews (Blarina brevicauda) in Simulated Natural Conditions
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Midland Naturalist
- Vol. 109 (1) , 136-144
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2425523
Abstract
Long-term measurements of the activity of 8 short-tailed shrews (Blarina) were made in simulated natural conditions. A significant correlation (P < 0.01) between total daily locomotor activity out of the nest and ambient teperature was found. Maximum activity levels (> 30%) were observed in summer. Temperature was significantly correlated to activity near midnight, but time active out of the nest during midday remained near 10% regardless of temperature. These shrews appeared to adjust their activity levels and patterns to aviod temperature extremes.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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