A note on the effect of the full moon on the activity of wild maned wolves, Chrysocyon brachyurus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-230

  Sábato, Marco Aurélio Lima ^a   Melo, Luiz Fernando Bandeira de ^a   Magni, Elisa M Vaz ^a   Young, Robert John ^b   Coelho, Carlyle Mendes ^a  

^a Fundacao Zoo Botanica de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chrysocyon brachyurus; Maned wolf; Moon; Predator behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARNIVORE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GPS; LUNAR CYCLE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MOON; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREY SELECTION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANIDAE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MOON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS;

EID: 33747644932     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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