Lunar philia in a nocturnal primate

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-367

  Gursky, Sharon ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Lunar; Nocturnal; Primate; Sulawesi; Tarsius spectrum

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MOON; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE;

INDONESIA;

LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; TARSIUS; TARSIUS SPECTRUM; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0037394968     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023053301059     Document Type: Article

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