Seasonal variations in sleep of free-ranging Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) under natural hyperarid conditions

Sleep

Bhagwandin, Adhil^1¹  Alagaili, Abdulaziz N^2²  Davimes, Joshua G^1³  Bertelsen, Mads F^3⁴ 

[1] Centre for Zoo and Wild Animal Health, Copenhagen Zoo, Frederiksberg, Denmark^3;Department of Zoology, KSU Mammals Research Chair, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia^2;School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa^1;South African Research Chair of Mammal Behavioural Ecology and Physiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa^4

关键词: Arabian oryx;    NREM sleep;    REM sleep;    temporal niche switching;    electrophysiology;    actigraphy;    temperature;   

DOI  :  10.1093/sleep/zsy038

学科分类：生理学

来源: American Academy of Sleep Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Study ObjectivesThe Arabian oryx lives under hyperarid conditions in the Arabian Desert and exhibits temporal niche switching of activity patterns at a seasonal level. The objective of the current study was to provide a polysomnographic-based study of sleep in free-roaming Arabian oryx in their natural habitat to determine whether extreme seasonal climate variations resulted in changes in sleep patterns and physiology associated with the seasonal switching of temporal niches.

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