Species-specific usage of sleeping sites in two sympatric mouse lemur species (Microcebus murinus and M. ravelobensis) in northwestern Madagascar

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 139-151

  Radespiel, Ute ^a   Ehresmann, Petra ^a   Zimmermann, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microcebus murinus; Microcebus ravelobensis; Predator avoidance; Primates; Sleeping site ecology; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PRIMATE; SITE SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEIROGALEIDAE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; SLEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MADAGASCAR;

CRYPSIS; LEMUR; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; MICROCEBUS RAVELOBENSIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037657427     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.10071     Document Type: Article

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