title: Daily rhythmicity and hibernation in the Anatolian ground squirrel under natural and laboratory conditions.
abstract: We studied daily rhythmicity of body temperature (T(b)) before and during hibernation in Anatolian ground squirrels (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus) under natural and laboratory conditions using surgically implanted temperature loggers. Under both conditions, robust daily T(b) rhythmicity with parameters comparable to those of other ground squirrel species was observed before but not during hibernation. Euthermic animals had robust daily T(b) rhythms with a mean of 37.0 degrees C and a range of excursion of approximately 4 degrees C. No T(b) rhythm was detected during torpor bouts, either because T(b) rhythmicity was absent or because the daily range of excursion was smaller than 0.2 degrees C. The general patterns of hibernation that we observed in Anatolian ground squirrels were similar to those previously observed by other investigators in other species of ground squirrels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Beytepe 06800, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mutlu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kart Gür
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Refinetti
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gür
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D006605:Hibernation / Q000502:physiology*; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000502:physiology*; D013686:Telemetry; D014421:Turkey
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