Table 1: Overview of the equipment of the cages during aversion period with 41 respect to the different experiments.
Table 2: Overview of the experimental design 44
Table 3: Overview of the experimental design in experiment 5 and 6 53 Table 4: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of the cage entries 58 Table 5: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of the total time 59 Table 6: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of exploration 62
behavior
Table 7: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of grooming 64 behavior
Table 8: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of self-grooming 66 behavior
Table 9: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of climbing behavior 71 Table 10: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of drinking behavior 72 Table 11: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of eating behavior 77 Table 12: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of nest-building 78
behavior
Table 13: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of sleeping behavior 81 Table 14: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of activity inside the 87
mouse house
Table 15: Effect of light intensities and sex on the mean values of behavior with the 87 mouse house
Table 16: Overview of experiment 1 regarding elasticity and area under the curve 90 Table 17: Overview of experiment 2 regarding elasticity and area under the curve 91 Table 18: Overview of experiment 3 regarding elasticity and area under the curve 93 Table 19: Overview of experiment 4 regarding elasticity and area under the curve 95 Table 20: Overview of the effects of experiment and sex on the weight of 99
morphological parameters
Table 21: Overview of the cage entries into C4 during the dark time of day 101 (mean ± SEM)
Table 22: Overview of the total time in C4 (%) (mean ± SEM) 101 Table 23: Number of cage entries (mean ± SEM) into C2 in the presence of different 159
light intensities in the course of the four experiments.
Table 24: Total time (%) (mean ± SEM) spent in C2 in the presence of different light 160 intensities in the course of the four experiments.
Table 25: Exploration behavior (%) (mean ± SEM) spent in C2 in the presence of 160 different light intensities in the course of the four experiments.
Table 26: Grooming behavior (%) (mean ± SEM) spent in C2 in the presence of 161 different light intensities in the course of the four experiments.
Table 27: Self-grooming behavior (%) (mean ± SEM) spent in C2 in the presence of 161 different light intensities in the course of the four experiments.
Table 28: Climbing behavior (%) (mean ± SEM) spent in C2 in the presence of 162 different light intensities in the course of the four experiments.
Table 29: Nest-building behavior (%) (mean ± SEM) spent in C2 in the presence of 162 different light intensities in the course of the four experiments.
Table 30: Sleeping behavior (%) (mean ± SEM) spent in C2 in the presence of 163 different light intensities in the course of the four experiments.
Table 34: Behavior with the mouse house (%) (mean ± SEM) spent in C2 in the 165 presence of different light intensities in the course of the four experiments.
Table 35: The calculated functions of the elasticity and the area under the curve in 166 experiment 1
Table 36: The calculated functions of the elasticity and the area under the curve in 167 experiment 2
Table 37: The calculated functions of the elasticity and the area under the curve in 168 experiment 3
Table 38: The calculated functions of the elasticity and the area under the curve in 169 experiment 4
Table 39: The mean cage entries (%) in the course of 24 hours at each light 170 intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 performed and the
experiment by female and male mice.
Table 40: The mean total time (%) in the course of 24 hours at each light intensity 171 subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 performed and the experiment by female and male mice.
Table 41: The mean exploration behavior (%) in the course of 24 hours at each light 172 intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 performed and the
experiment by female and male mice.
Table 42: The mean grooming behavior (%) in the course of 24 hours at each 173 light intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 and the
experiment performed by female and male mice.
Table 43: The mean self-grooming behavior (%) in the course of 24 hours at each 174 light intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 and the
experiment performed by female and male mice.
Table 44: The mean climbing behavior (%) in the course of 24 hours at each light 175 intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 and the experiment
performed by female and male mice.
Table 45: The mean nest-building behavior (%) in the course of 24 hours at each 176 light intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 and the
experiment performed by female and male mice.
Table 46: The mean sleeping behavior (%) in the course of 24 hours at each light 177 intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 and the experiment
performed by female and male mice.
Table 47: The mean drinking behavior (%) in the course of 24 hours at each 178 light intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 and the
experiment performed by female and male mice.
Table 48: The mean eating behavior (%) in the course of 24 hours at each light 179 intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 and the experiment
performed by female and male mice.
Table 49: The mean activity inside the mouse house (%) in the course of 24 hours 180 at each light intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 and the
experiment performed by female and male mice.
Table 50: The mean behavior with the mouse house (%) in the course of 24 hours 181 at each light intensity subject to the 12:12h dark/light cycle in C1 and the
experiment performed by female and male mice.
Des weiteren danke ich Herrn Prof. Dr. K. Gärtner für viele konstruktive Anregungen.
Frau Ping-Ping Tsai, PhD, gilt mein besonderer Dank für die Hilfe bei statistischen Fragen.
Dr. Willa Bohnet danke ich für Ihre fachliche Unterstützung mit vielen Ideen und die entspannenden Pausen unter freiem Himmel.
Helge D. Stelzer danke ich für die immer gewährte Hilfe bei Technik- und Computerproblemen und für seinen Humor.
Des weiteren möchte ich mich bei Herr Prof. Dr. Hoppen und Frau Niederstucke aus der Zentrumsabteilung für Chemische Analytik und Endokrinologie bedanken, die mir immer mit Rat und Tat zur Seite standen.
Ich möchte mich bei allen Mitarbeitern des Instituts für Tierschutz und Verhalten, besonders bei Willa Bohnet, Astrid Zimmermann, Martina Schmoock, Silke Corbach, Günther Grahwit, Helge Stelzer und Hansjoachim Hackbarth herzlich für die
freundliche Aufnahme in ihre Arbeitsgruppe und die familiäre Atmosphäre bedanken.
Meinen Eltern danke ich für die immerwährende Unterstützung in allen Lebenslagen, die natürlich auch beim Erstellen dieser Arbeit wieder zum Tragen kam.
Last but not least danke ich meinen Freunden und meinem Freund für ihre Unterstützung und ihre Geduld.