Cathemerality in the mongoose lemur, Eulemur mongoz

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-298

  Curtis, Deborah J ^a   Zaramody, Alphonse ^b   Martin, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Campus Universitaire d'Ambondrona   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Annual variation; Cathemerality; Ecology; Eulemur mongoz; Lemuridae

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LEMUR; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; EULEMUR MONGOZ; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; RAPTORES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0032896653     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1999)47:4<279::AID-AJP2>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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