Diurnal and seasonal variations in vervet monkeys' activity

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 675-685

  Baldellou, Maribel ^a   Adan, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032177828     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.2.675     Document Type: Article

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