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sleep behaviour

A behavioural study of sleep patterns in the malachite sunbird, Cape white-eye and fan-tailed widowbird

Authors 
A Wellmann, C Downs
2009
Publication/Journal 
Animal Behaviour
Keywords 
cape white-eye, euplectes axillaris, eye closure, fan-tailed widowbird, malachite sunbird, nectarinia famosa, sleep behaviour, sleep position, unihemispheric sleep, zosterops virens, sleep behavior

Can sleep behaviour be used as an indicator of stress in group-housed rats (Rattus norvegicus)?

Authors 
UA Abou-Ismail, OH Burman, CJ Nicol, M Mendl
2007
Publication/Journal 
Animal Welfare
Keywords 
adrenal glands, animal welfare, bodyweight, group-housing, laboratory rats, sleep behaviour, sleep behavior
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