Thermal constraints on activity scheduling and habitat choice in baboons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-249

  Hill, Russell A ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De Hoop; Feeding; Grooming; Primates; Resting; Shade; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BABOON; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; GROOMING; HABITAT QUALITY; HEAT STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDATION; PRIMATE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 30844461354     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20264     Document Type: Article

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