Diurnality, the Glossary
Diurnality is a form of plant and animal behavior characterized by activity during daytime, with a period of sleeping or other inactivity at night.[1]
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34 relations: Adansonia digitata, Bird, Cathemerality, Chronotype, Circadian rhythm, Color vision, Common sunflower, Cone cell, Crepuscular animal, Crypsis, Daytime, Dichromacy, Diurnal cycle, Ethology, Gran Chaco, Human, Hypothalamus, Lebanese thin-toed gecko, Mammal, Night, Night-blooming cereus, Nocturnality, Opsin, Phenology, Pollinator, Primate, Reptile, Simian, Sleep, Sphingidae, Suprachiasmatic nucleus, Trichromacy, Twilight, Zeitgeber.
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Adansonia digitata
Adansonia digitata, the African baobab, is the most widespread tree species of the genus Adansonia, the baobabs, and is native to the African continent and the southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman).
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Cathemerality
Cathemerality, sometimes called "metaturnality", is an organismal activity pattern of irregular intervals during the day or night in which food is acquired, socializing with other organisms occurs, and any other activities necessary for livelihood are undertaken. Diurnality and Cathemerality are Ethology.
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Chronotype
A chronotype is the behavioral manifestation of underlying circadian rhythm's myriad of physical processes. Diurnality and chronotype are circadian rhythm.
Circadian rhythm
A circadian rhythm, or circadian cycle, is a natural oscillation that repeats roughly every 24 hours.
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Color vision
Color vision, a feature of visual perception, is an ability to perceive differences between light composed of different frequencies independently of light intensity.
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Common sunflower
The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae.
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Cone cell
Cone cells or cones are photoreceptor cells in the retinas of vertebrates' eyes.
Crepuscular animal
In zoology, a crepuscular animal is one that is active primarily during the twilight period, being matutinal, vespertine/vespertinal, or both. Diurnality and crepuscular animal are Ethology.
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Crypsis
In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal or a plant to avoid observation or detection by other animals. Diurnality and crypsis are Ethology.
Daytime
Daytime as observed on Earth is the period of the day during which a given location experiences natural illumination from direct sunlight.
Dichromacy
Dichromacy (from Greek di, meaning "two" and chromo, meaning "color") is the state of having two types of functioning photoreceptors, called cone cells, in the eyes.
Diurnal cycle
A diurnal cycle (or diel cycle) is any pattern that recurs every 24 hours as a result of one full rotation of the planet Earth around its axis. Diurnality and diurnal cycle are day.
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Ethology
Ethology is a branch of zoology that studies the behaviour of non-human animals.
Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco or Dry Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland tropical dry broadleaf forest natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region.
Human
Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.
Hypothalamus
The hypothalamus (hypothalami) is a small part of the vertebrate brain that contains a number of nuclei with a variety of functions.
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Lebanese thin-toed gecko
The Lebanese thin-toed gecko (Mediodactylus amictopholis) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
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Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Night
Night or nighttime is the period of darkness when the Sun is below the horizon.
Night-blooming cereus
Night-blooming cereus is the common name referring to many flowering ceroid cacti that bloom at night.
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Nocturnality
Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. Diurnality and Nocturnality are circadian rhythm and Ethology.
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Opsin
Animal opsins are G-protein-coupled receptors and a group of proteins made light-sensitive via a chromophore, typically retinal.
Phenology
Phenology is the study of periodic events in biological life cycles and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate, as well as habitat factors (such as elevation).
Pollinator
A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower.
Primate
Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.
Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.
Simian
The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes.
Sleep
Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain sensory activity is inhibited.
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as "hornworms"; it includes about 1,450 species.
Suprachiasmatic nucleus
The suprachiasmatic nucleus or nuclei (SCN) is a small region of the brain in the hypothalamus, situated directly above the optic chiasm. Diurnality and suprachiasmatic nucleus are circadian rhythm.
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Trichromacy
Trichromacy or trichromatism is the possession of three independent channels for conveying color information, derived from the three different types of cone cells in the eye.
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Twilight
Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface.
Zeitgeber
A zeitgeber is any external or environmental cue that entrains or synchronizes an organism's biological rhythms, usually naturally occurring and serving to entrain to the Earth's 24-hour light/dark and 12-month cycles. Diurnality and zeitgeber are circadian rhythm.
See also
Day
- Astronomical day
- Dagr
- Day
- Day length fluctuations
- Days
- Dies (mythology)
- Diurnal cycle
- Diurnality
- Hemera
- List of cities in Europe by sunshine duration
- List of works set within one day
- Morning, Noon and Night (film)
- Octave (liturgy)
- Parts of a day
- Solar time
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diurnality
Also known as Dayturnal, Diurnal animal, Diurnal animals, Non-Nocturnal, Up in the day.