TEMPERATURE PREFERENCE IN GOLDEN HAMSTERS,
Abstract
The preferences of pre-and-post-hibernative hamsters for relatively cool (8C) or relatively warm (19C or 24C) environmental temperatures was tested in a T-maze using the method of forced choice to equate number of visits to, and total time spent in each environment. The findings of the experiment were: (1) pre-hibernative hamsters show a marked preference for an 8C environment to either a 19C or 24C environment, and (2) following arousal there occurs a shift in preference on the part of the hamsters to a 24C environment over one of 8C. The significance of these results is discussed in terms of possible purposive thermoregulatory behaviors. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0655664
Entities
People
- F. E. South
- H. N. Allen
- M. R. Gumma
Organizations
- Colorado State University