Book chapter
Biological Timekeeping: Individual Variation, Performance, and Fitness
Integrative Organismal Biology, pp.235-255
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
11/24/2014
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116918
Abstract
Virtually all parts of our planet exhibit cyclic changes in environmental conditions, and these cycles have persisted throughout the evolution and diversification of life. In response, most biological processes exhibit rhythms, and these rhythms can be observed at molecular, cellular, whole‐organism, and population scales. As well, these rhythms exist at multiple time scales, including short‐term oscillations, tidal, daily, lunar, and annual cycles. Biological rhythms have been extensively studied for many decades at a range of levels, including examination of the molecular basis of circadian clocks, neural and endocrine control of circadian cycles, seasonality and annual rhythms. This chapter briefly introduces fundamental concepts of the integrative physiology of circadian rhythms and seasonality with an emphasis on examples where individual variation in biological timekeeping relates to variation in performance or fitness.
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- Title
- Biological Timekeeping: Individual Variation, Performance, and Fitness
- Creators
- Scott A MacDougall‐Shackleton - Department of Psychology, Advanced Facility for Avian Research, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CanadaHeather E Watts - Department of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USAThomas P Hahn - Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
- Contributors
- Lynn B Martin (Editor) - Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, USACameron K Ghalambor (Editor) - Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, USAH. Arthur Woods (Editor) - Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, USA
- Publication Details
- Integrative Organismal Biology, pp.235-255
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hoboken, NJ, USA
- Number of pages
- 21
- Identifiers
- 99900574623901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter