Sleep-related behavioural adaptations in free-ranging anthropoid primates

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 355-373

  Anderson, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apes; Dominance; Foraging; Monkeys; Nests; Posture; Predators; Sleep; Sleeping sites; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APE; AROUSAL; BODY POSTURE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HYGIENE; MONKEY; NIGHT; PREDATOR; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SLEEP; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0033867420     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2000.0105     Document Type: Review

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