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Vertebrate Behavioral Rhythms

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Biological Rhythms

Abstract

Interest in rhythms of animal behavior derives from the recognition that the biological value of a behavior depends as much on when it occurs as on the particular form it takes (see Enright, 1970, and Chapter 15). It follows that a meaningful ethogram of any s.pecies should describe both species-typical motor patterns and species-typical timing of behavior. This chapter surveys the variety of behavioral rhythms that have been studied and the range of species in which they have been described.

Preparation of the manuscript was aided by support from the NSERC of Canada.

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