• DOI:10.1016/S0031-9384(83)80006-7
Corpus ID: 26871857

Short photoperiods reduce winter energy requirements of the meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus

@article{Dark1983ShortPR,
  title={Short photoperiods reduce winter energy requirements of the meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus},
  author={J. Dark and I. Zucker},
  journal={Physiology & Behavior},
  year={1983},
  volume={31},
  pages={699-702}
}

J. Dark, I. Zucker

Published 1983

Biology, Medicine

Physiology & Behavior

Adult male voles were maintained for 10 weeks in long or short photoperiods (14 or 10 hr light/day) at 23 degrees C and then for 6 days at 10 degrees C. Short photoperiod voles weighed approximately 20% less and consumed 36% and 42% fewer calories than did long-day animals at 23 degrees C and 10 degrees C, respectively. Relative energy intake (kcal/g body mass) was lower for short-than long-day voles at 10 degrees C. Short-day animals gathered more nesting material than their long-day… CONTINUE READING

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