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Ultrasonic vocalisation rate tracks the diurnal pattern of activity in winter phenotype Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).
Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology - 1 Jun 2024
Harding Christian D, Walker Kerry M M, Hackett Talya D, Herwig Annika, Peirson Stuart N, Vyazovskiy Vladyslav V
Abstract excerpt
Vocalisations are increasingly being recognised as an important aspect of normal rodent behaviour yet little is known of how they interact with other spontaneous behaviours such as sleep and torpor, particularly in a social setting. We obtained chronic recordings of the vocal behaviour of adult male and female Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) housed under short photoperiod (8 h light, 16 h dark, square...
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