A re-evaluation of the role of vision in the activity and communication of nocturnal primates

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 50-71

  Bearder, S K ^a   Nekaris, K A I ^a   Curtis, D J ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Bushbaby; Cathemerality; Nocturnal vision; Slender loris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DARKNESS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIA; MOON; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEMETRY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIA; LORISIDAE; MOON; OBSERVATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELEMETRY; VISION;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; GALAGO; GALAGO MOHOLI; LEMURIDAE; LORIS; LORIS LYDEKKERIANUS; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 30844450354     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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