Although generally diurnal, the majority of geckos, the night lizards, and the Gila monster are nocturnal. |
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Accipitrids are diurnal birds of prey with broad wings, hooked beaks, strong legs and feet and sharp talons. |
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The release of somatotrophin follows a diurnal variation with the greatest impulses occurring during deep sleep. |
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The short-eared owl is the most diurnal of all our owls and hunts over our moorlands. |
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In poetic form, Aryabhata stated that the earth's diurnal rotation on its axis produced the daily rising and setting of planets and stars. |
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They are gaudy diurnal insects with scaled wings that are large in proportion to body. |
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What I needed for recovery was a long period of rest in a comfortable setting with a familiar diurnal schedule. |
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Her diurnal ritual of hurriedly brushing her hair before the mirror expands to one of self-admiration. |
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Experiments were performed always at the same time of the day, to avoid interference with diurnal rhythms. |
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This apparently inefficient system gives us the ability to deal with the natural variability of the diurnal rhythms of light and temperature. |
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The absence of a diurnal rhythm would be a significant difference between growth control in roots and dicot leaves. |
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Universal, reliable and even human-made light, completely independent of diurnal rhythm, has abolished the shamanist aspects of our calling. |
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Today FM, for example, operates to a finely calibrated diurnal rhythm, carefully tuned to the mood of its audience. |
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Moreover, while minor amino acids show marked diurnal rhythms, their contents fluctuate in a co-ordinated manner. |
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The APR of maize and Arabidopsis thaliana follows a diurnal rhythm with maximum activity during the light period. |
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The sample traces are representative of the diurnal pattern of leaf extension rate for each species. |
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There are only marginal changes in phosphorylated intermediates in the diurnal time-frame or during tuber development. |
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They are diurnal herbivores, hiding in reef crevices during nighttime and browsing over reefs to feed during the day. |
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Finally, group living often provides diurnal rodents with better predator defenses. |
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The male provides no direct parental care except to protect the eggs against diurnal fish predators. |
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Conversely, subdominant fish were diurnal and occupied large home ranges by day but were generally not observed at night. |
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A feature shared by many clock gene transcripts is that their abundance is subject to circadian and diurnal oscillation. |
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The mercury levels now seem to have changed with diurnal temperature difference narrowing down. |
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It's now 6am, which is the equivalent of 6pm for all of those conservative diurnal types. |
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When I was first married I was practically nocturnal, and my wife was diurnal. |
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At perihelion, when proper motion reaches its maximum, it exceeds the diurnal motion, and the Sun turns slowly retrograde for a week. |
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Of the 23 predations, 15 were nocturnal, 7 were diurnal, and 1 could not be determined due to equipment failure. |
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Because both cleaners and damselfish are diurnal, cleaning activities only occur during daylight periods. |
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Acanthurids are diurnal fishes, seeking cover at night, and most are herbivorous except one genus, Naso, which is planktivorous. |
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Flowers are solitary or fascicled, hermaphroditic, bright yellow, diurnal, and last less than 1 day. |
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Right ascension makes it easy to use the apparent diurnal rotation of the celestial sphere as a means to telling time. |
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Agoutis and their smaller relatives, the acouchis, are common diurnal rodents of the forest interior. |
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In both shade cases, simulated rattlesnakes cease all nocturnal activity and become completely diurnal. |
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Several representatives of this family of small, diurnal frogs are famous for their bright skin coloration and associated toxins. |
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For example, the weakly zygomorphic flower is scarlet, shows diurnal anthesis and has a backwardly curved labellum. |
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They are diurnal and appear not to hibernate despite the harsh winters of many of their habitats. |
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He explained eclipses, solstices and equinoxes, announced the sphericity of the earth and its diurnal revolution on its axis. |
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Changes in diurnal census data were associated with specific patterns of nocturnal migratory behavior observed by radar and ceilometer. |
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Mars rules both Aries and Scorpio, but in Aries, its diurnal rulership, its energies are expressed more openly and directly. |
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The family Accipitridae encompasses many of the diurnal birds of prey, including the familiar hawks and eagles. |
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The transporters show different expression patterns in response to diurnal rhythm. |
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Laser-based active imaging provides high-resolution day and night imaging and can help eliminate the problem of diurnal contrast reversal common to thermal imagers. |
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Magnetism, in other words, caused the Earth's Copernican diurnal rotation. |
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We used the blue acara cichlid as a model diurnal predator species. |
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The banded anteater is a pouchless, diurnal marsupial from Australia. |
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Once a diurnal mammal, the dugong is now nocturnal as it forages for food. |
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Secondary pollinators were diurnal hawk moths and butterflies. |
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Hawks, harriers, falcons, eagles, and vultures are diurnal migrants. |
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Arrivals and departures of birds inferred from our diurnal visual census were clearly related to nocturnal flight behavior as observed with ceilometers and radar. |
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This diurnal variation in melatonin synthesis is brought about by norepinephrine secreted by the postganglionic sympathetic nerves that innervate the pineal gland. |
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Most species of falconids are diurnal, though some are crepuscular. |
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I'll get maybe three, four good diurnal emissions off per day, I reckon. |
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Are diurnal changes of turgor and leaf growth correlated with each other? |
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They have their own diurnal cycles, pegged to alien time-frames. |
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A silent, slow flight is not as necessary for diurnal and crepuscular owls given that prey can usually see an owl approaching. |
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The studies found that precipitation and mean diurnal temperature range were the most influential variables. |
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Most microbats are nocturnal while megabats are typically diurnal or crepuscular. |
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Hunting occurs mostly at night, but this owl is known to be diurnal and crepuscular as well. |
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Wave power is distinct from the diurnal flux of tidal power and the steady gyre of ocean currents. |
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Other barriers, such as mountain ranges, can also cause funnelling, particularly of large diurnal migrants. |
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Depredation by cricetid rodents and raccoons were nocturnal, whereas depredation by ground squirrels, mink, and cowbirds were diurnal. |
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Compared with marigrams from other localities in the Maritime Provinces, the diurnal inequalities of the Bay of Fundy are relatively modest. |
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Neotropical singing mice are diurnal, insectivorous rodents distributed throughout the highlands of Central America. |
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Sheep follow a diurnal pattern of activity, feeding from dawn to dusk, stopping sporadically to rest and chew their cud. |
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However, in general, lizards are more diurnal than rattlers, which may be one of the reasons why young rattlers are more diurnal than adults. |
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This pattern of EEG and respiratory changes has been observed during both diurnal and nocturnal sleep in Pickwickian patients. |
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The diurnal birds of prey are formally classified into five families of two orders. |
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Posidonius's orrery, according to Cicero, exhibited the diurnal motions of the sun, moon, and the five known planets. |
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Due to lack of cloud cover and very low humidity, the desert usually features high diurnal temperature variations between days and nights. |
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Potato GA 20-oxidases show a diurnal rhythmicity that is altered by a short interruption of the dark period. |
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Men, bearded, hirsute, sat dolefully at the bar, eyes translucent from diurnal boozings. |
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Since humans are biologicalls diurnal, staying up at night can disrupt the body's biological clocks. |
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Many nocturnal snakes have slit pupils while diurnal snakes have round pupils. |
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The orangutan also exhibits the noyau system and appears to be the only diurnal primate with a largely solitary lifestyle. |
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This species is mainly diurnal, especially in the north of its range. |
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After all, a pill bug normally spends the sunlit hours when diurnal birds are about coiled away like a petite armadillo, often beneath some unpeckable tree stump or stone. |
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At night the absorptive effect of clouds on outgoing longwave radiation, such as heat energy from the surface, allows for warmer diurnal low temperatures in all seasons. |
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The osprey differs in several respects from other diurnal birds of prey. |
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This preference has a diurnal pattern, with a stronger preference for clover in the morning, and the proportion of grass increasing towards the evening. |
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Though unlike these climates, they have a high diurnal temperature variation and low humidity, owing to their inland location and relatively high elevation. |
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The temperature ranges, both diurnal and monthly, are unusually slight. |
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Many rodent species, particularly those that are diurnal and social, have a wide range of alarm calls that are emitted when they perceive threats. |
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This data represent the best estimate characterization for how this coating absorbs and desorbs moisture during the diurnal cycle in the G90-cycle 3 exposure environment. |
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Effect of restricted access to demand-feeders on diurnal pattern of liver composition, plasma metabolites and hormone levels in Oncorhynchus mykiss. |
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Points on the earth's surface move relative to each other due to continental plate motion, subsidence, and diurnal movement caused by the moon and the tides. |
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Diurnal water table fluctuations can be considered a diagnostic indicator of groundwater consumption by phreatophytes at most sites. |
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Diurnal animals that forage tidally may need to be able to feed at night occasionally. |
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Diurnal and nocturnal ranging behaviour of Stone Curlews Burhinus oedicnemus nesting in river habitat. |
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If you wanted to have a Standing On Pavement Cracks Day you'd have to register with the Ancient of Days or the Silver Stocking of the Diurnal or something. |
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