Social thermoregulation in redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 175-180

  Ostner, Julia ^a,b  

^a Deutsches Primatenzentrum ^*  (Germany)

^b Abt Verhaltensforschung/Okologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold stress; Eulemur fulvus rufus; Lemuridae; Seasonality; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; COLD; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REVIEW; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; THERMOREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; FEMALE; LEMUR; MALE; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; EULEMUR; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS RUFUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE;

EID: 0036971566     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065425     Document Type: Review

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