Cathemerality and lunar periodicity of activity rhythms in owl monkeys of the Argentinian Chaco

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 123-138

  Fernandez Duque, Eduardo ^a,b,d   Erkert, Hans G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Littoral   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Aotus; Circadian rhythm; Gran Chaco; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AOTUS; ARGENTINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; ARGENTINA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MOON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

AOTUS AZARAI; AOTUS AZARAI AZARAI; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 30844443726     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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