Activity budgets and activity rhythms in red ruffed lemurs (Varecia rubra) on the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar: Seasonality and reproductive energetics

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-44

  Vasey, Natalie ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Energy accumulation; Energy conservation; Lemurs; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ENERGETICS; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MADAGASCAR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

LEMURIDAE; MASOALA; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA; VARECIA VARIEGATA;

EID: 21244503961     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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