The concept of cathemerality: History and definition

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 7-14

  Tattersall, Ian ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Cathemerality; Diurnality; Lemurs; Nocturnality; Primates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MADAGASCAR; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; OBSERVATION; TERMINOLOGY;

ALOUATTA; AOTUS (PRIMATE); EULEMUR; EULEMUR FULVUS FULVUS; HAPALEMUR; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 30844452920     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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