Time as an ecological niche variable or “temporal niche” can be defined in the context of the
most prominent environmental cycles, including the tidal cycle, the lunar day and month, the …

This presentation will survey the retinal architecture, advantages, and limitations of several
lesser-known rodent species that provide a useful diurnal complement to rats and mice …

The giant honey bee Apis dorsata is unusual in being able to forage during both the day and
the night. To date, the extent of this unique nocturnal foraging behavior and the …

The term masking refers to immediate responses to stimuli that override the influence of the
circadian timekeeping system on behavior and physiology. Masking by light and darkness …

Photic cues influence daily patterns of activity via two complementary mechanisms:(1)
entraining the internal circadian clock and (2) directly increasing or decreasing activity, a …

Daily rhythms are heavily influenced by light in two major ways. One is through photic
entrainment of a circadian clock, and the other is through a more direct process, referred to …

During puberty, human adolescents develop a later chronotype, exhibiting a delay in the
timing of rest and activity as well as other daily physiological rhythms. The purpose of this …

Integrating the multifactorial processes co-occurring in both physiological and pathological
human conditions still remains one of the main challenges in translational investigation …

Modern 24‐h society lifestyle is associated with experiencing frequent shifts in the lighting
conditions which can negatively impact human health. Here, we use the degus, a species …

Chronotype or diurnal preference is a questionnaire-based measure influenced both by
circadian period and by the sleep homeostat. In order to further characterize the biological …