Indices of environmental temperatures for primates in open habitats

Primates

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-13

  Hill, Russel A ^a,b   Weingrill, Tony ^c   Barrett, Luise ^b   Henzi, S Peter ^c,d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baboon; Behaviour; Humidity; Solar radiation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HUMIDITY; PRIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOREGULATION; WIND VELOCITY;

AFRICA; DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; PAPIO; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PAPIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 1442336479     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-003-0054-8     Document Type: Article

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