Day length variation and seasonal analysis of behaviour

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Hill, R A ^a,d   Barrett, L ^a,b   Gaynor, D ^b   Weingrill, T ^b   Dixon, P ^a   Payne, H ^b   Henzi, S P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Day length; Latitude; Photoperiod; Primate; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DAY LENGTH; PHOTOPERIOD; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

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

PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 2942582309     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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